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---+ December 12, 2016 7:30-9:30PM
*Event*: [[AstronomyOnTap][Astronomy on Tap]]<br>
*Venue*: [[http://www.derwolfskopf.com/][Der Wolfskopf]]<br>
---+++ Talk 1
*Title*: Finding the Universe's first galaxies<br>
*Lecturer*: Jordan Mirocha<br>
*Position*: Postdoctoral Fellows<br>
*Institution*: UCLA<br>
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*Title*: Unhealthy Galaxies: Cannibalism, Strangulation & Stripping<br>
*Lecturer*: Ivanna Escala<br>
*Position*: Graduate Student<br>
*Institution*: Caltech<br>
---+++ Quiz Questions / Answers
  * This week marked the passing of the final Mercury Astronaut—who was it?  John Glenn
  * What was the name of the Mercury Astronaut’s first space craft? Friendship 7
  * In Star Wars, what is the volcano planet where Anakin fights Obiwan? Mustafar
  * Edwin Hubble used what kind of stars to determine that Andromeda Galaxy was far away and separate from our Milky Way? Cepheid Variables
  * The Galilean Moons orbit what planet? Jupiter
  * What popular automobile manufacturer is named after a Japanese constellation? Subaru
  * What force keeps our atmosphere from drifting off of the Earth? Gravity
  * What happened in Tunguska, Siberia in 1908? Meteor Impact
  * What happens if a white dwarf star gets too massive?  SN Ia
  * Called the fourth phase of matter, this is an extremely hot gas—what is it? Plasma
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