This month we gravitate toward deep space with three PhDs giving astronomically nerdy talks!
Join us in person at Barrel O' Fun (the bar in the lobby of the Alamo Drafthouse Mueller), or watch the live-stream at
https://twitch.tv/nerdniteaustin
The show is always free, so arrive early to get a good seat. The venue opens at 4:00 pm. Talks may not be given in the order listed. There will be volunteer ASL interpreters at the show.
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"Exoplanet Weather Forecast: How do we study the climate and habitability of other worlds?" by Sven Kiefer
We now have discovered over 6000 planets outside our Solar System. Learn how scientists discover, investigate, and classify these distant worlds.
Sven is a researcher at the University of Texas at Austin studying the climate, clouds, and chemistry of exoplanets.
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"Can we please have the Black Hole Origin Story?!" by Archana Aravindan
The origin story of the greatest super-entity in our universe is shrouded in mystery. Discover our best (and worst!) theories about how the first black holes formed, and how astronomers around the world are using cutting-edge telescopes to piece together the story.
Archana is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Texas at Austin, studying black holes in small galaxies. She spends half her time thinking about how the first black holes formed and the other half figuring out the time-loop physics that turned Barry Allen into the Flash!
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"Journeying Back to the Earliest Epochs of Cosmic History" by Tiger Hsiao
The first generation of stars are our cosmic ancestors. Using JWST, humanity’s most powerful time machine, we are uncovering the dawn of the universe and the very beginning of our story.
Tiger is a Cosmic Frontier Center Fellow at UT Austin, and his pipe dream is to uncover the first generation of stars and galaxies.
