Today is the first of a three day conference on the “HI/Story of the Nearby Universe”, hosted by the University of Groningen and ASTRON. This conference brings together a group of astronomers to review the state of our understanding of galaxy evolution particularly with an emphasis on the role of neutral hydrogen and neutral hydrogen observations to probe the many physical processes which drive evolution: gas accretion and removal and the connection with star formation past and present. On the conference, the career and many on-going contributions of Dr. Thijs van der Hulst will be honored. More information here.
