An Evening with the Stars 2024: Exploring the Fourth Dimension: Time

Time-domain astrophysics pertains to the most violent phenomena in our Universe, including stellar eruprions, disruptions, explosions, and mergers.  Combining multiple messengers of information (including light, particles, and gravitational waves, it constitutes a new frontier of discovery in Astrophysics.  In this event we will explore some of the most recent advances in the field, and we will discuss some of the most exciting directlys of research that will open up in the near future.

Speakers (all from UC Berkeley):

• Raffaella Margutti, Associate Professor of Astronomy and Physics
• Wenbin Lu, Assistant Professor of Astronomy
• Kishore Patra, Grad student, Astronomy Department
• Alex Filippenko, Distinguished Professor of Astronomy

Register here by May 16.