Collisions of galaxies can create enormous bursts of star formation, disrupt entire galaxies, transform their shapes, and even lead to the merger of central black holes, creating a single super massive black hole. After decades of research astronomers are just now understanding the details of such collisional processes.
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Jeff studies the Sun and Sun-like stars. He works on Lowell’s Solar-Stellar Spectrograph project (SSS) for long-term monitoring of the Sun and solar-like stars to learn more about the Sun and its effects on Earth’s climate. Jeff and colleague Wes Lockwood have accumulated over 5,000 observations of the Sun and more than 20,000 of Sun-like stars.
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Our speakers explained how we investigate these rocky bodies on their journey from the sky to the ground to the laboratory, sharing exciting news about asteroid discoveries, recoveries of meteorites and research from an Arizona perspective.
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