Notre Dame to host international Galactic Metal Cycles workshop at Notre Dame’s Kylemore Abbey Global Centre in May
Shelly Goethals
Notre Dame Physics and Astronomy faculty will host 34 international researchers at Kylemore Abbey, Ireland, May 11–16, 2026, for a workshop addressing how metals—elements heavier than hydrogen and helium—cycle through the universe from production in stars to incorporation into new stellar generations.
Understanding the cycle of creation, redistribution, and seeding of metals into new generations of stars requires connecting processes studied by researchers with vastly different expertise. This..