Posted on May 13: The sky’s the limit for the next Science in the City Lecture
[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/ScienceColour175.jpg”]From man's early beginnings, he has been scanning the night sky and studying the stars.
Astronomer Ralph Pudritz says that “star formation is one of the great problems in astronomy. It's been on the minds of astronomers for as long as there has been astronomy.”
Pudritz, a professor in the department of physics and astronomy will explore the origins of the stars in a free lecture entitled Lighting up the Cosmos: The Origins and History of Star Formation in the Universe .
The lecture is the fifth of six in the Science in the City lecture series, a series sponsored jointly by McMaster University and the Hamilton Spectator .
In an interview with the Spec (May 12), Pudritz notes that the Orion nebula cluster “is a major laboratory for us to study how star formation works in detail. In cosmic and astronomical terms, it's very rapid but you won't see it zip together in your lifetime.”
Join Ralph Pudritz tonight (May 13) in the Spectator Auditorium for a journey through time that will take you back to the conditions that may have lead to the formation of the very first stars that lit up the cosmos.
This Science in the City lecture will be held at the Hamilton Spectator Auditorium, 44 Frid Street in Hamilton and begins at 7 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm). The lecture is free and all are welcome.
