(BIVN) – The spectacular creation of gold, along with other heavy elements, was discussed in a recent W. M. Keck Observatory Astronomy Talk in Waimea entitled Shining Light On Gravity: Sometimes All That Shimmers IS Gold.

Ryan Foley, Assistant Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at University of California, Santa Cruz, captivated an audience at the Gates Performing Arts Center at Hawaiʻi Preparatory Academy on December 10.

Keck set the stage prior to the event with these words: