"Laniakea"
Hey Everyone! I invite you to watch this video to see what the significance of this name is. In it you will learn a little bit about our corner of the universe, specifically the supercluster that the Milky Way is located in.
About This Project
We derive the ages and other properties of stars by combining theoretical astrophysics, data from the best telescopes, Bayesian statistical analyses, and advanced computational techniques. We have developed an algorithm that allows us to combine the age information from multiple white dwarf stars to derive the age of our Galaxy. We request funds to support converting our algorithm to high-performance software code. From this we will both derive the age of the Galaxy as well as make our code publicly available for other research groups.
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