UNLV Astronomy & Astrophysics
department of physics and astronomy
UNLV Astronomy & Astrophysics
department of physics and astronomy
UNLV Astrophysics Group is featured in the recent INNOVATION Magazine.
2009 is the International Year of Astronomy
UNLV Astronomy Group will be hosting a lecture series to commemorate this special year.
Fall 2009:
Sep 9: Prof. George Rhee (UNLV)
Oct 22: Prof. Roger Blandford (Stanford)
“Black Holes: End of Time or a New Beginning” (7:30pm, Bigelow Physics Building Auditorium BPB-102) [Slide]
Nov 18: Dr. Mario Livio (STScI)
“Hubble’s Top Scientific Discoveries”
(7:30pm, Barrick Museum Auditorium)
Past Public Lectures
Spring 2009:
Feb 18: Prof. James Stone (Princeton Univ.)
“From Accreting Black Holes to Merging Galaxies: using computers to study astrophysics” [slide]
Mar 18: Prof. Stephen Lepp (UNLV)
“Exploding Stars: The Secrets of Supernovae”
Apr 15: Prof. Bing Zhang (UNLV)
“Gamma Ray Bursts: The Most Violent Explosions in the Universe” [slide]