Please join us as Luke Keller, Ithaca College Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, gives a talk entiled:Please join us as Luke Keller, Ithaca College Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, gives a talk entiled:
When did the first planets form? (And what were they like)?
Luke Keller teaches physics and astronomy at Ithaca College and has always been interested in the origins of things in the natural world. Through his undergraduate and graduate education (B.S. in Physics, University of Arizona; Ph.D. in Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin, he has focused on the formation of stars and planetary systems. He and his students have been studying the early formation stages of planetary systems orbiting intermediate-mass stars (several times the mass of the sun) in our own Milky Way Galaxy for over a decade. They have recently turned their attention to planet formation in a neighboring galaxy. The star and planet formation environment there resembles that in the very early universe and it got Luke thinking: When would the earliest planets have formed after the Big Bang? Where would they have been like? Could they have harbored life? Where would they be now? Join us and explore these questions and more.
Tues., Oct. 6, 2015 CNS 206B @ 12:10 p.m.
Pizza and Refreshments will be available for $1. Please bring your own cup. Remember to Recycle, Reuse, Reduce.
Image (attached) image credit is 'NASA and G. Bacon (STScI)'
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact the department assistant at jackerman@ithaca.edu. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.
https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20151002105106409