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Time-Domain Astronomy
Exploring a Dynamic Universe
with Tyler Bird, University of Victoria
While most astronomical objects appear motionless, fixed and unchanging, the universe is packed with pheonomena that brighten, fade, move, or even explode in our night sky. In this talk, you'll explore the objects and events studied in Time-Domain Astronomy. Transient events are phenomena whose duration of presentation can be on the order of milliseconds, to weeks, to even several years. This presentation covers variable stars, exoplanet transits, supernovae, fast radio bursts, other transient events, and the surveys and experiments used to find them.
Tyler Bird is a 4th Year Undergraduate Physics and Astronomy Honours student.
Tickets available on Tuesday June 23, 2026 at 5pm, and will be found below.