Masterclass: Cosmic Stellar Nurseries

In this masterclass, Dr. Sarah Sadavoy will introduce how stars and their planets are born inside cosmic stellar nurseries and how astronomers use telescopes to observe their formation.  Stellar nurseries are giant clouds of gas and dust particles that slowly collect under gravity over millions of years to make new stars and planets.  Students will learn about different telescopes that are used to study star-forming regions and the open questions that we are trying to solve with these observations.