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WATCH LIVE @ 7:30 p.m. ET: The Study of Black Holes Through History
WATCH LIVE @ 7:30 p.m. ET: The Study of Black Holes Through History
You can learn all about how scientists have conceptualized, debated and studied black holes over time, during a live webcast that begins this evening (May 21) at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT).
Author Marcia Bartusiak will discuss her new book “Black Hole: How an Idea Abandoned by Newtonians, Hated by Einstein, and Gambled on by Hawking Became Loved” (Yale University Press, 2015) during tonight’s talk, which is hosted by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) as part of its “Observatory Nights” series. You can watch live in the window below, or directly via the CfA here.
Bartusiak’s book “tells the story of the fierce black hole debates and the contributions of Einstein, Hawking, and other leading thinkers who completely altered our view of the cosmos,” according to CfA representatives.
More resources:
- Images: Black Holes of the Universe
- No Escape: Dive Into a Black Hole (Infographic)
- Black Holes: Warping Time & Space | Video
X-37B Space Plane Launch: Update for 11:30 am ET: The U.S. Air Force and United Launch Alliance have successfully launched the fourth mystery mission of the X-37B space plane. You can see our full story here: US Air Force Launches X-37B Space Plane on 4th Mystery Mission
The X-37B space plane is a reusable spacecraft capable of flying unmanned long-duration mission in Earth orbit. It is powered by a solar panel array packed inside a payload bay about the size of a pickup truck bed. The Air Force currently has two X-37B space planes, both built by Boeing’s Phantom Works division, and began flying them on ultra-long missions in 2010. The spacecraft are also known as Orbital Test Vehicles. In October 2014, the third mission landed at Vandenberg Air Force Baseafter 674 days in space.
X-37B Space Plane: US Air Force’s 4th Mystery Mission in Photos
For this fourth mission, the U.S. Air Force has made some surprising revelations, with officials stating that the flight will test an innovative Hall effect space thruster during the flight. NASA is also flying a space materials experiment on the mission.
Source: http://www.space.com/17933-nasa-television-webcasts-live-space-tv.html
