S Fusion Within T E L L Stars A R N U C L E Definitions • Stellar Nucleosynthesis: The formation of heavy elements by the fusion of lighter nuclei in the hearts of stars.…

Slide 1The Interstellar Medium and Star Formation Material between the stars – gas and dust Slide 2 Interstellar Dust -- the general obscuration and discrete dark clouds…

Slide 1 Galaxies Types Dark Matter Active Galaxies Galaxy Clusters & Gravitational Lensing Slide 2 What is a galaxy? A vast, self-organized collection of: –Stars –Planets…

Slide 1 Quenching in the Green Valley (Preliminary Work) Joanna Woo Advisor: Avishai Dekel Hebrew University of Jerusalem Slide 2 Motivation Galaxy Bimodality Presumably…

SALT Science – UW Madison Properties of Quasar Host Galaxies Greg Mosby, Marsha Wolf, Christy Tremonti, and Eric Hooper Above: Left: A schematic showing the observation…

SALT Science – UW Madison Properties of Quasar Host Galaxies Greg Mosby, Marsha Wolf, Christy Tremonti, and Eric Hooper Above: Left: A schematic showing the observation…

Life Cycle of a Star By: Sara Ekern Life Cycle of a Star In the densest part of a nebula gravity pulls gas and dust together with enough mass to form a protostar. A nebula…