Astronomy on Tap Santa Cruz: Transients and the Ever-Changing Sky

Supernovae! Neutron star mergers! What do these have in common? They are what’s known as … Transients! Short, dramatic and energetic events that occur on human timescales. Many things in the universe take millions or billions of years to change and evolve. Transients, however, can change over seconds or years, and illuminate deep mysteries of physics unknown. Come learn about some special kinds of astrophysical transients With Sierra Doddand Alex Mannings - two “stellar” people.