When the sky is really dark, you can see the Milky Way: an impressive collection of stars in which our tiny Earth is orbiting the Sun. How and when did this giant Milky Way came into existence? Amina Helmi, Professor of Dynamics, Structure and Formation of the Milky Way (RUG), wrote a groundbreaking PhD thesis shedding new light on the formation of the Milky Way. She discovered the first indications that it had merged with smaller galaxies. Helmi is searching for these separate galaxies (‘fossils’) like a sort of astro-archaeologist. One of these fossil rotating star systems is named after her: the Helmi-stream. In recent years she uncovered the last big merger the Milky Way experienced with an object she named Gaia-Enceladus.
In cooperation with Ockham, Space Society Twente, Arago
Room: Vrijhof/Amphi
Reservations not possible/ free entrance/ be there in time
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