Frontiers of Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Space Science
Dr. Frederick Baganoff
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: None
A series of lectures aimed at freshmen non-physics majors highlighting the latest discoveries about the nature of our universe and the potential for dramatic advances in the coming decade. Tour the MIT labs where the next generation of cutting-edge telescopes and instruments are being developed, and get a sneak preview of tomorrow's headlines in astronomy, astrophysics, and space science. See descriptions of the lectures and lab tours at Center for Space Research IAP Lecture Series
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Contact: Dr. Frederick Baganoff, 37-507, 253-6892, fkb@space.mit.edu
Sponsor: Center for Space Research
MIT's Legacy in Space: Balloons, Rockets, and Satellites
Professor Hale Bradt
Fri Jan 9, 02-03:00pm, 37-252
Dark Energy: The Greatest Mystery in the Universe
Professor Edmund Bertschinger
Tue Jan 13, 02-02:30pm, 37-252
New Visions of the Center of Our Galaxy
Dr. Frederick Baganoff
Tue Jan 13, 02:30-03:00pm, 37-252, followed by Chandra tour
Tour of the Operations Center for the Chandra X-ray Observatory
Dr. Irene Porro
Tue Jan 13, 03:15-04:15pm, 37-252, advance sign up required
Our Solar System as an Astrophysical Laboratory
Dr. Justin Kasper
Wed Jan 14, 02-02:30pm, 37-252
Complexity in the Heavens
Professor Tom Tien Sun Chang
Wed Jan 14, 02:30-03:00pm, 37-252
Destination Mars!
Dr. Peter Ford
Fri Jan 16, 02-02:30pm, 37-252
Gamma-Ray Bursts
Dr. Roland Vanderspek
Fri Jan 16, 02:30-03:00pm, 37-252, followed by HETE tour
Tour of the Operations Center for the High Energy Transient Explorer
Dr. Roland Vanderspek
Fri Jan 16, 03:15-04:15pm, 37-252, advance sign up required
Measuring Black Hole Spin and Accretion Disk Temperatures
Dr. Julia Lee
Tue Jan 20, 02-02:30pm, 37-252
The Space Nanotechnology Lab: High Resolution X-Ray Optics with Nanometer Precision
Dr. Ralf Heilmann
Tue Jan 20, 02:30-03:00pm, 37-252, followed by SNL tour
Tour of the Space Nanotechnology Lab
Dr. Ralf Heilmann
Tue Jan 20, 03:15-04:15pm, 37-252, advance sign up required
Astronomy with Gravitational Waves
Professor Scott Hughes
Tue Jan 27, 02-02:30pm, 37-252
Detecting Gravitational Waves
Professor Nergis Mavalvala
Tue Jan 27, 02:30-03:00pm, 37-252, followed by LIGO tour
Tour of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory Lab
Professor Nergis Mavalvala
Tue Jan 27, 03:15-04:15pm, 37-252, advance sign up required
Impact of the First Stars on the Cosmic Neutral Hydrogen
Professor Abraham Loeb Harvard University
Thu Jan 29, 02-02:30pm, 37-252
Mapping Neutral Hydrogen in the Young Universe with the LOw FrequencyARray (LOFAR)
Professor Jacqueline Hewitt
Thu Jan 29, 02:30-03:00pm, 37-252
Latest update: 31-Oct-2003
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