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Date

May 9, 2026 - May 9, 2026

Time

8:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Location

Palisades-Dows Preseve at 1365 Ivanhoe Road

Ages

All age groups and learners

Cost

Free

Contact

Gordon Baustian
gordonbaustian@gmail.com
(319) 721-0659

Details

Dr. Dustin Swarm will discuss Dying White Dwarf Stars: When stars die, that isn’t the end of the story. Stellar corpses can reanimate in the presence of a companion star. I research a type of reanimated stellar corpse: accreting white dwarfs. White dwarfs are the most common type of stellar remnant. When white dwarfs pull material (accrete) from a nearby star, they produce light from optical to X-rays. I will discuss my research of X-ray emission from a variety of accreting white dwarf systems to understand these undead stars.

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