News Writer:
Douglas Smith
Although "going out to the telescope is far more romantic," Caltech Assistant Professor of Astronomy Evan Kirby sometimes does his observing by remote control from his office—in this case, using the 10-meter Keck Telescope atop Hawaii's Mauna Kea.
Credit: Lance Hayashida/Caltech
"I study the smallest galaxies we know about...These galaxies are interesting because they are part of our cosmic story. The first galaxies to form were small ones, and over time they got smashed together to build up bigger ones."
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