This semester's Russell Frank Astronomy Lecture will take place 7:30PM, Thursday December 1 2016 in the Bigelow Physics Building room 102 at UNLV.
Professor Fiona Harrison of Caltech will give the talk entitled: From Spinning Black Holes to Exploding Stars: A New View of the High Energy Universe.
Space-based telescopes have greatly expanded our view of the cosmos, extending our ‘eyes’ into the X-ray band, where we can now observe some of the hottest and most energetic phenomena in the Universe. This talk centers on the remarkable discoveries made by NASA’s NuSTAR X-ray telescope, and the fascinating story of how a small space mission was able to make high energy X-ray images of our cosmos crisper and deeper than ever before.
This talk is intended for a general audience including enthusiasts of all backgrounds and ages.
