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Feature Guest: Matt Malkan
Was the early universe green? That’s the startling discovery by a team of UCLA astronomers studying the youngest galaxies in our universe. Why green? That’s what we’ll try to find out when Professor Matt Malkan joins us here at The Star Spot.
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Current in Space
As 2017 gets underway, Anuj teases us with a trailer for space missions we can look forward to this year. In case that puts us in too ecstatic a mood, Dave quickly reminds us that nothing lives forever, and that includes exocomets which were recently detected dying in a fiery plunge into a far off star. And Tony closes with a mixed message. We’re moving forward with a Europa lander – but the challenges are significant!
About Our Guest
Matt Malkan is Professor of Astronomy at the University of California at Los Angeles. He’s interested in power, cosmological power. Malkan studies the primary sources of energy in the universe and galaxy formation in the early universe.
Links
Green-hot galaxies reveal clues to the ancient universe (engadget)
Matt Malkan’s website (UCLA)
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