The University of Lancashire is inviting people to come along for a mind-blowing journey into the origins of our Sun.
For the first Jeremiah Horrocks Institute (JHI) Public Lecture of the new academic year, on Tuesday 30 September astrophysicist Dr Kate Pattle will explore how our solar system formed and if our Sun is a more unusual star than we originally thought.
The University of Lancashire alumni, who completed her PhD in 2015 and is now a Royal Society University Research Fellow at University College London, said: “I will show how astronomers use observations from Earth and space-based telescopes to study both the clouds of dense gas that are the nurseries of new stars, and the discs around these stars which will one day evolve into solar systems that may be quite different from our own.
I will also discuss how common stars like our Sun and planets like the Earth may be, and the implications of this for the search for life on planets around other stars in our Milky Way galaxy.– Dr Kate Pattle
“I will also discuss how common stars like our Sun and planets like the Earth may be, and the implications of this for the search for life on planets around other stars in our Milky Way galaxy.”
The public lecture will take place in Darwin Lecture Theatre on the Preston Campus on Tuesday 30 September 6.30pm – 8.00pm. Tickets are free but people are asked to register via Eventbrite.
Parking is free on campus and people can contact Dr Victor Debattista for more information.
