September 26, 2006 Source: :
http://www.brandonu.ca/news/article.asp?A_ID=1104 Science Seminar Series presents BU's Dr. Tyler Foster (Department of Physics and Astronomy) BRANDON, MB - On Tuesday, October 3 from 12:40 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., the Brandon University Science Seminar series will present a talk by Dr. Tyler Foster (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brandon University) titled Exploring the Milky Way's Ecosystem: Recycling of Gas on a Galactic Scale. Dr. Foster’s talk will take place in room 3-42 of the Brodie Sciences Building and is free of charge. All are welcome! "Today's radio and optical observations of our home Galaxy, the Milky Way, provide us with a 'snapshot in time' of an evolving process that takes many millenia to change," says Dr. Foster of his talk. "Trying to understand the time history of our Galaxy is akin to watching a movie by a few of its first, last and middle frames only. However, astronomers can piece together a time history of what happens to the gas in the space between the stars. I will present some of the 'frames' of this movie in a colourful way, and discuss some of the questions of our evolving galaxy that radio surveys like the ongoing Canadian Galactic Plane Survey aim to answer, a 'frame at a time.'" All presentations in the Brandon University Science Seminar Series are free of charge and open to all. See a list of upcoming Science Seminar Series talks at:
http://www.brandonu.ca/Academic/Science/lectures.html For more information, please contact: Kelly Stifora
Communications Officer
Brandon University
Phone: (204) 727-9762
Email: communications@brandonu.ca - 30 -
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