KICP Seminar - Carl Rodriguez
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401
Carl Rodriguez, Harvard, “How Do You Form a Binary Black Hole?”
A&A Cookies, Coffee and Conversation
2:30–3:30 pm Hubble Lounge (ERC 501)
A&A Colloquium: John Grunsfeld (NASA): “Hubble, Chicago, and the Search for Life in the Universe”
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
The Hubble Space Telescope story has been a fascinating study in public policy, engineering, ethics, and science. The Hubble is perhaps the most productive scientific instrument ever created by humans. In May 2009, a team of astronauts flew to the Hubble Space Telescope on space shuttle Atlantis. On their 13-day mission and over the course of 5 spacewalks they completed an extreme makeover of the orbiting observatory. They installed the Wide Field Camera-3, the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, repaired the Advanced Camera for Surveys and the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph, as well as a number of maintenance activities. These Hubble spacewalks are considered the most challenging and daring efforts ever of people working in space. This mission also carried a bit of the University of Chicago with it on board. Now, still going strong on orbit, the Hubble has a full complement of instruments capable of performing state-of-the-art observations from the near infra-red to the ultraviolet end of the spectrum. In this talk we will present a narrative of the adventure, and a look at what some of the scientific results may offer in the search for life beyond Earth in our Solar System.
A&A Cookies, Coffee and Conversation
2:30–3:30 pm Hubble Lounge (ERC 501)
Milky Way Discussion Group
2:00–3:00 pm ERC 419
A&A Cookies, Coffee and Conversation
2:30–3:30 pm Hubble Lounge (ERC 501)
Astronomy and Astrophysics Colloquium
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 401
A&A Cookies, Coffee and Conversation
2:30–3:30 pm Hubble Lounge (ERC 501)
Milky Way Discussion Group
2:00–3:00 pm ERC 419
A&A Cookies, Coffee and Conversation
2:30–3:30 pm Hubble Lounge (ERC 501)
Astronomy and Astrophysics Colloquium
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 401
A&A Cookies, Coffee and Conversation
2:30–3:30 pm Hubble Lounge (ERC 501)
Milky Way Discussion Group
2:00–3:00 pm ERC 419
Thanksgiving Break
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Thanksgiving Break
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Astronomy and Astrophysics Colloquium
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 401
College Reading Period
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College Reading Period
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College Reading Period
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Milky Way Discussion Group
2:00–3:00 pm ERC 419
Autumn Quarter Ends
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
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College Break
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College Reading Period
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College Reading Period
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Memorial Day
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College Reading Period
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Convocation
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