December 12, 2016 7:30-9:30PM

Event: Astronomy on Tap
Venue: Der Wolfskopf

Talk 1

Title: Finding the Universe's first galaxies
Lecturer: Jordan Mirocha
Position: Postdoctoral Fellows
Institution: UCLA

Talk 2

Title: Unhealthy Galaxies: Cannibalism, Strangulation & Stripping
Lecturer: Ivanna Escala
Position: Graduate Student
Institution: Caltech

Quiz Questions / Answers

1. This week marked the passing of the final Mercury Astronaut—who was it? John Glenn
2. What was the name of the Mercury Astronaut’s first space craft? Friendship 7
3. In Star Wars, what is the volcano planet where Anakin fights Obiwan? Mustafar
4. Edwin Hubble used what kind of stars to determine that Andromeda Galaxy was far away and separate from our Milky Way? Cepheid Variables
5. The Galilean Moons orbit what planet? Jupiter
6. What popular automobile manufacturer is named after a Japanese constellation? Subaru
7. What force keeps our atmosphere from drifting off of the Earth? Gravity
8. What happened in Tunguska, Siberia in 1908? Meteor Impact
9. What happens if a white dwarf star gets too massive? SN Ia
10. Called the fourth phase of matter, this is an extremely hot gas—what is it? Plasma

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