Apr 19, 2010
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media,
exoplanet
No where is the night sky more inspiring to ponder whether we are alone in the Universe than in Hawai’i. And, no where are astronomers working harder to answer this question. Planet Hunter: Geoff Marcy and the Search for Other Earths, explores this quest to discover other worlds, particularly ones like our own and ones that may in fact harbor life.
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Apr 30, 2010
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media,
galaxy,
black hole
On Sunday, May 2, the Discovery Channel will air a new documentary entitled How the Universe Works: Black Holes.
The hour-long program features MacArthur Genius Andrea Ghez of UCLA and her research using Keck Observatory and adaptive optics to study the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
For updates on airtime, check the Discovery Channel’s TV schedule.
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