Science Briefing: Exploring the High Energy Universe
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Virtual
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About Event
In this edition of NASA’s Universe of Learning Science Briefings, we will get three windows into the most energetic processes and the most extreme objects in the Universe.
Jamie Kennea will give us an overview of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a workhorse in high energy astrophysics and leader in time domain and multi-messenger astronomy.
Hannah Earnshaw will discuss the NuSTAR space telescope, the first telescope that is able to focus high-energy X-rays, which has allowed us to answer burning questions about black holes, supernovae, and our own Sun.
Brian Ramsey will give us an update on IXPE, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, a NASA Small Explorer mission, recently launched, that is opening a new window on the sky, probing the emission mechanisms of some of the most powerful objects in the Cosmos.
About the Series
The NASA’s Universe of Learning Science Briefings are professional learning telecons for the informal science education community, done in partnership with the NASA’s Museum & Informal Education Alliance, now found on NASA CONNECTS. These monthly thematic briefings highlight current NASA astrophysics explorations and discoveries from across the suite of NASA astrophysics missions. NASA scientists and engineers provide contemporary science results, and are able to respond to listener questions during the telecon. NASA-developed education and outreach resources, matched to the monthly theme, are included in every briefing.
In order to participate in the telecon and ask questions of the scientists, please join NASA’s Museum & Informal Education Alliance.
Facilitator & Presenters
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Kelly Lepo is an Education and Outreach Scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute, where she primarily works to support outreach efforts for the James Webb Space Telescope. She received a PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the University of Toronto. During her time in Canada, she made numerous local and national media appearances to talk about everything from the 2012 Mayan Apocalypse to the Super Blue Blood Moon. She previously served as the Coordinator of the McGill Space Institute, designed undergraduate teaching labs, taught physics at Gonzaga University, and helped build the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. -
Jamie Kennea is a Research Professor at Penn State and currently leads the Science Operations and X-ray Telescope Teams for NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. His research interests include X-ray binaries, Gamma-ray bursts, magnetars and multi-messenger astrophysics. He has worked on the Swift mission since before it launched, and prior to that worked on ESA’s XMM-Newton mission.
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Hannah Earnshaw obtained their PhD in X-ray astronomy at Durham University in the UK, and now works as a staff scientist in the NuSTAR group at Caltech.
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Brian Ramsey recived a PhD in astrophysics from the University of Birmingham, U.K., in 1978. Since 1983 he has been in the X-ray Astronomy group at the Marshall Space Flight Center where he has developed payloads for high-altitude balloons, sounding rockets and satellite missions. He is currently the Principal Investigator for IXPE.
Kelly Lepo is an Education and Outreach Scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute, where she primarily works to support outreach efforts for the James Webb Space Telescope. She received a PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the University of Toronto. During her time in Canada, she made numerous local and national media appearances to talk about everything from the 2012 Mayan Apocalypse to the Super Blue Blood Moon. She previously served as the Coordinator of the McGill Space Institute, designed undergraduate teaching labs, taught physics at Gonzaga University, and helped build the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
Jamie Kennea is a Research Professor at Penn State and currently leads the Science Operations and X-ray Telescope Teams for NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. His research interests include X-ray binaries, Gamma-ray bursts, magnetars and multi-messenger astrophysics. He has worked on the Swift mission since before it launched, and prior to that worked on ESA’s XMM-Newton mission.
Hannah Earnshaw obtained their PhD in X-ray astronomy at Durham University in the UK, and now works as a staff scientist in the NuSTAR group at Caltech.
Brian Ramsey recived a PhD in astrophysics from the University of Birmingham, U.K., in 1978. Since 1983 he has been in the X-ray Astronomy group at the Marshall Space Flight Center where he has developed payloads for high-altitude balloons, sounding rockets and satellite missions. He is currently the Principal Investigator for IXPE.Event Resources
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