Opening a Window on the Extreme Universe

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, launched in June 2008, provides a dramatic new view of the celestial sky. Fermi has changed the picture of the extreme universe, revealing gigantic lobes of gamma-rays in our own galaxy, uncovering scores of rapidly spinning super-dense stars shining only in gamma-rays, observing flashes of gamma-rays heralding the birth of black holes at the edge of our observable universe, and detecting antimatter from thunderstorms on Earth. This lecture looks deep into the energetic universe. Speaker: Julie McEnery, Fermi Project scientist and astrophysicist, Goddard Space Flight Center, Nasa.

December 17, 6.30-8.30pm, InterContinental Hotel, Abu Dhabi, nyuad.nyu.edu/news-events/abu-dhabi-events.html