Mar 31, 2009

Black Hole Education


Black Hole Expert to Deliver Keynote of Carroll Astronomy Weekend, March 27-28, 2009, Celebrating International Year of Astronomy

"To Celebrate the International Year of Astronomy, marking the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first observations through the telescope, Carroll College is presenting a keynote speaker from the American Astronomical Society's Shapley Program. On Friday, March 27, black hole expert and high-energy astrophysicist Dr. Niel Brandt, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State University, will give a lecture, "X-raying Active Galaxies: Exploring the Environments of Supermassive Black Holes," at 7 p.m. in Carroll College Simperman Hall's Wiegand Amphitheater, room 101/202. It is free and open to the public."

Blew my Mind!