Wednesday Nite at the Lab
press release: WN@TL goes hybrid both with Zoom and with in-person (Room 1111) presentations. The zoom registration link is still go.wisc.edu/240r59. You can also watch a live web stream at on YouTube.
On December 14 Professor Dan McCammon of physics will speak on “What the Heck is X-ray Astronomy, and Why Do We Bother?”
Description: A story about how a rocket flight amongst the creepy-crawlies of the Australian boondocks is related to what our Universe is made of, and why you need to cool your X-ray detectors to 1/20th of a degree above absolute zero to look at million-degree gas.
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Wednesday Nite at the Lab will take off Dec. 21 and 28. Happy holidays!