Sep 21, 2017
Astronomers now know of thousands of worlds orbiting other stars in our Galaxy. Dr. Tyler Robinson is an exoplanet researcher and astrobiologist. He’s studied planets both inside and outside our Solar System at a number of different institutions: the University of Washington, NASA Ames Research Center, and the University of California, Santa Cruz. As a new faculty member at Northern Arizona University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, he brings the search for Earth-like exoplanets to the Colorado Plateau.
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Apr 20, 2017
Lowell Observatory’s Discovery Channel Telescope, in collaboration with the University of Texas, the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI), is working on Immersion Grating Infrared Spectrometry. Dr. Prato discussed the latest advances in this exciting field of science and how she uses it for her exo-planet survey.
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Mar 16, 2017
The SR-71 served the U.S. all over the world until it was retired by the Air Force in 1990. Colonel Bledsoe, who flew the SR-71 for seven years, explained how the aircraft was built and operated, with special emphasis on its unique astro-inertial navigation system.
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