LIGO Hanford Observatory in Richland, WA will offer another in a series of technical seminars at 4:00 PM on Thursday, May 8 in the LIGO auditorium. Vanessa Lauberg of the Department of Astronomy at the University of Maryland will speak on “Induced Mergers of Stellar-Mass Black Hole Binaries in Galactic Nuclei.” Stellar-mass black hole binaries [...]
Entries from May 5th, 2008
LIGO Hanford Observatory Astronomy Seminar Series – May 8, 2008
May 5th, 2008 · No Comments · Astronomy, Higher Education, Science, Seminar, STEM
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Live Webcasts – How Do I Become An Astronaut? – May 7, 2008
May 5th, 2008 · No Comments · NASA, Science, STEM, Webcasts
NASA astronauts Dan Tani of Illinois and Suni Williams of Massachusetts, both past residents of the International Space Station, will be available to discuss what it takes to become an astronaut during satellite interviews on Wednesday, May 7. Tani will be available from 5 to 8 a.m. CDT and Williams will be available from 4 [...]
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Send Your Name to the Moon! – Deadline June 27, 2008
May 5th, 2008 · No Comments · Cool Science, NASA, Science, Student Opportunities
(NASA Press Release) NASA invites people of all ages to join the lunar exploration journey with an opportunity to send their names to the moon aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, spacecraft. The Send Your Name to the Moon Web site enables everyone to participate in the lunar adventure and place their names in [...]
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Five New History Webcasts – NASA History – 50 Years of Space
May 5th, 2008 · No Comments · K-12, NASA, Science, Space Age, STEM, Webcasts
As part of NASA’s 50th anniversary celebration, the Digital Learning Network will inspire students across the country with a five-part series highlighting the contributions of each NASA center to a specific topic in NASA history. The DLN will take students on a journey into NASA’s past while linking them to the vision for space exploration. [...]