From Stellar Death to Cosmic Rebirth: 60 Years of Supernova Study

Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/14/2025
6:30 pm

Location
The Huntington’s Rothenberg Hall

Category(ies)

• Technology & Science

Supernova, by Tiffany Shaw-Diaz. Digital photograph (2015)

Dr. Vartanyan will discuss the recent paradigm shift that transformed our understanding of supernovae, and how he and other theorists in his field will increasingly contribute to the rapid advancement of observational capabilities.

We are made of the residue of nuclear reactions assembled in the furnaces of massive stars. Yet for decades, our astrophysical models have failed to explain how such massive stars explode as supernovae to seed the universe with this ejecta.

Dr. David Vartanyan is a Hubble Einstein Fellow of Carnegie Science Observatories. He received his undergraduate degree at Caltech and his PhD at Princeton. After working jointly at U.C. Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, he returned to his SoCal roots at Carnegie Science Observatories.

All lectures are held in the Rothenberg Auditorium at The Huntington Library. Doors open at 6:30 pm; the program begins with a brief musical performance at 7:00 pm, followed by the lecture at 7:30 pm.

> Tickets are free, but reservations are required.