Saturday
Astrophysics Honors Program
Archive
January 28, 2006
Going out in a Blaze
of Glory: Black Holes, Neutron Stars, and Gravitational Radiation
Dr. Joshua Faber
Department of Physics, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
February 11, 2006
Cosmology and Active Galactic
Nuclei
Professor
Robert Brunner, Department of Astronomy & NCSA, Univ. of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign
February 25, 2006
Examining the Scientific Search
for Extraterrestrial Life: Are We Alone?
Professor Leslie Looney,
Department of Astronomy, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

February 5, 2005
Is a newly discovered, exotic
class of Black Holes sending X-rays in our direction?
Professor
You-Hua Chu, Astronomy, UIUC
February 19, 2005
Dark Energy in Our Expanding Universe
Professor
Joseph Mohr, Astronomy and Physics, UIUC
March 5, 2005
When Stars Attack! In Search of
Killer Supernovae
Professor Brian Fields, Astronomy
and Physics, UIUC

February 21, 2004
Astrophysics in the Early
Universe: Ingredients of the Primordial Soup
Professor
Brian Fields, Astronomy and Physics, UIUC
March 6, 2004
When Galaxies Collide: Star
Formation and the Feeding of Black Holes
Professor
Susan Lamb, Physics and Astronomy, UIUC
March 13, 2004
The Formation of the Largest Objects in the
Universe
Professor Paul Ricker,
Astronomy & NCSA, UIUC

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