Andy Howell - Known Universe

Join us on January 13, 2012 at 7pm CST with Dr. Andrew Howell: In the Student Activity Center Auditorium on the UT campus, or through our live webcast!

What do you see when you look at the night sky? If you are Dr. Howell and his team, you discover a supernova within hours of its explosion (a rare feat) and use it to help measure the history of the expansion of the universe and the dark energy causing it to accelerate. His team showed that these supernovae are from white dwarf "zombie" stars that were once dead, but came back to life by sucking matter from a companion star before exploding. Explore supernovas, dark energy, and zombie stars with Dr. Howell, and hear how learning more about these phenomena helps us understand our universe.

For more information about the Environmental Science Institute at UT and information on future talks, visit http://www.esi.utexas.edu

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[commanderben1776]

Awesome! I can't wait to see your talk at the next Hot Science - Cool Talks!

[Ampersand1988]

first comment xD