Students of the sky
Mon, Feb 18, 2013
"After an introduction to variable stars and the modeling that is being done to understand their behavior, students were put in groups with Calvin students and allowed to examine the data with sophisticated software in order to look for trace patterns."
The Gallup Town Talk recently featured a front page story on Calvin College physics and astronomy professor Larry Molnar and his students helping middle and high school students in Rehoboth, New Mexico to identify variable stars.
Authors:
Mr. Matthew Kucinski
Senior Writer and Communications Strategist