Water is common but rare: “Astronomy Fridays” at UNAM Centro Cultural Morelia

When we talk about a lack of water, we mean fresh water for human consumption, as well as farming and ranching. But in the universe water is in many more places that we can imagine. At the same time, it is a very special substance, even rare, with very different properties compared to others.

On March 28, Javier Ballesteros, researcher at the Institute of Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics at UNAM, Campus Morelia, will share with us the talk “Common, but rare: water in the universe,” about this essential compound for life. This is the second talk of IRyA’s “Astronomy Fridays”, celebrating 15 years with talks in which we explore how much we have learned about the universe in this time.

The talks will be held in Spanish at the UNAM Centro Cultural Morelia (Av. Acueducto no. 19, Centro, Morelia) at 7:30 pm. Everyone can attend and admission is free. No prior registration is required.

The third talks of this series will be “These galaxies shouldn’t exist… or should they?”, in which Jacopo Fritz will tell us about the most distant galaxies discovered so far, on April 25.

Live talk on Youtube: Here, or copy-and-paste this link: https://www.youtube.com/live/aQbK3i2gCX8?si=rcrVRxjTwHMkT3jJ

Image: Enceladus, natural satellite of Saturn, observed here by the Cassini spacecraft. It is covered with water ice and might have a liquid water ocean beneath its surface. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

About IRyA, UNAM
The Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica (IRyA), or Institute for Radioastronomy and Astrophysics is an academic unit at UNAM, Campus Morelia, Mexico. The Institute’s personnel perform high-level and high-impact research in the areas of interstellar medium, star formation, evolved stars, high energy astrophysics, Galactic dynamics and structure, extragalactic astronomy and cosmology. They also contribute to educate high-level human resources through a postgraduate program, and maintain a close relationship with society through diverse outreach and science communication programs.

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