Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Lisa Kaltenegger
We sit down with Dr. Lisa Kaltenegger, the 236th AAS Meeting’s Fred Kavli Plenary Lecturer to discuss her quest to find life on other planets using the information we know about our own.
Are HII regions and star formation fila-meant to be together?
This hot and massive star is blowing a bubble of ionized Hydrogen, which forms spider web-like filaments of material that may be the catalyst for forming other massive stars.
Good Luck Sorting This Hat
Sorting the Sombrero galaxy into a galaxy classification is difficult to do, but new evidence suggests that like Harry Potter, the Sombrero galaxy may fit into more than one category.
Polarime-trying to Map Magnetic Fields in the Orion Nebula
Molecular clouds act as stellar nurseries, creating environments for stars to form. However, according to polarimetry measurements of OMC-1’s magnetic field, there’s an explosion going on that would disrupt any lullaby.