• Dr. Lindsey Kwok -- The Forensic Science of Supernovae

  • Feb 1 2025
  • Length: 56 mins
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Dr. Lindsey Kwok -- The Forensic Science of Supernovae

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  • How do we know so much about supernovae, when all we see is this little point of light getting brighter and then dimmer over time? Given this minimal data, we can often say what type of star exploded, and even some details about how the explosion took place. Supernova astronomers are a lot like forensic scientists dusting for fingerprints and getting DNA samples at the scene of a crime. But instead of a typical crime scene, they are investigating the death of an entire solar system. Dr. Lindsey Kwok is a CIERA fellow at Northwestern University and an expert at using JWST to perform state-of-the-art forensic supernova science.
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