Thomas Haworth - Queen Mary University There is growing evidence that planet-forming disks around young stars can be affected by their wider star forming environment. This environmental impact takes many forms, from chemical inheritance, to gravitational encounters, ``late’’ infall from molecular clouds and external photoevaporation. The latter is my main focus, wherein UV radiation from […]

Daily Flaring Activity of the Black Hole at the Center of the Galaxy Farhad Zadeh - Northwestern U. It is clear that an under-luminous supermassive black hole (Sgr A*) with a mass of 4.2 million solar mass lies at the center of the Galaxy. Precise measurements taken at radio and infrared wavelengths over the last two […]