Jan 23, 2017
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 I’ll try to find out when Professor Matt Malkan
joins us here at The Star Spot.
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.