Lecture: How to Find a Planet Without Leaving Your Couch
Date/Time: | Tuesday, 15 Oct 2019 at 8:15 pm |
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Location: | Great Hall, Memorial Union |
Cost: | Free |
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Phone: | 515-294-9934 |
Channel: | Lecture Series |
Categories: | Lectures |
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As Principal Investigator of the Zooniverse, Chris Lintott leads a team who run the world's most successful citizen science projects, allowing more than a million people to discover planets, transcribe ancient papyri or explore the Serengeti. Hunting for exoplanets -- planets around stars other than the Sun -- is a booming astronomical industry.