Podcaster: Dr Jacinta Delhaize and Dr Daniel Cunnama ; Guest: Dr Moses Mogotsi
Title: Cosmic Savannah – Ep. 34: The Life Cycle of Galaxies
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Description:
This episode we hear from a familiar voice! SALT Astronomer Dr. Moses Mogotsi was our first ever guest on The Cosmic Savannah. He joins us again to explain what it’s like to observe in the time of COVID and to tell us more about his research on galaxies.
Moses is an expert on the baryonic cycle – the passage of gas through galaxies over time. He explains how we can observe gas falling into galaxies, how it forms into stars, and where it goes when those stars die.
We learn about how observing galaxies at different wavelengths and with different telescopes can add to our overall understanding of how galaxies evolve.
Bio: Dr Jacinta Delhaize and Dr Daniel Cunnama are astronomers based in Cape Town, South Africa. Jacinta is a Research Fellow at the University of Cape Town. She spends her time using huge radio telescopes to study gas and black holes in distant galaxies. Daniel is the Science Engagement Astronomer at the South African Astronomical Observatory. He likes to use large supercomputers to create simulations of galaxies. Both Jacinta and Daniel love to promote the incredible astronomy happening across the African continent.
Dr Moses Mogotsi is an astronomer in SALT.
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