Cosmic Rain and White Dwarf Snow
Channel: Astronomy On Tap Seattle
Date: 2020-02-26

THIS MONTH is a cold February, but come and warm up with some cool astronomy talks! First, Iryna Butsky will talk about how cosmic rays influence galaxy evolution! Then, Dr. Keaton Bell will share the wonder of white dwarfs with us!

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*Speaker Bios
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Speaker 1: Iryna Butsky
Title: Cosmic Rain with Cosmics Rays

Iryna Butsky is a graduate student at UW. She uses simulations to
study how galaxies form, evolve, and "die". Outside of school, Iryna
enjoys being outdoors with her dogs.

Speaker 2: Dr. Keaton Bell
Title: White Dwarf Wonderlands and the End of the World

Keaton Bell grew up in Kent and is now an NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Washington. He studies all the ways that white dwarf stars change in brightness and is working to discover the first planet that orbits one.