This week we aired Fraser’s prerecorded interview with Dr. Ronald Mallett, Professor Emeritus and Research Professor of Physics at the University of Connecticut in Storrs. Ron has hypothesized that a rotating ring laser could, via frame dragging, sufficiently twist space and time to mimic the conditions inside a rotating Black Hole, potentially allowing a binary message (encoded in a neutrino stream) to be sent back in time. Read More
Weekly Space Hangout: April 28, 2021 – Taking to the HI-SEAS with Chelsea Gohd
This week we are excited to welcome Chelsea “Foxanne” Gohd, Senior Writer at Space.com, to the WSH. Chelsea writes articles and creates, scripts, and hosts videos about science topics ranging from climate change to exoplanet exploration and human spaceflight. Read More
Weekly Space Hangout: April 21, 2021 – “TREX-ing” Around the Moon with Dr. Amanda Hendrix
This week we are airing Fraser’s pre-recorded interview with Dr. Amanda Hendrix, Senior Scientist at PSI. Amanda studies solar system bodies in ultraviolet wavelengths and is the Director/PI of the NASA Toolbox for Research and Exploration (TREX) team, a branch of NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI). Read More
Weekly Space Hangout: April 14, 2021 – White Dwarf Binary Systems with Dr. Ken Shen
This week we are very pleased to welcome Dr. Ken Shen, assistant staff researcher in the UC Berkeley astronomy department, to the Weekly Space Hangout. Ken studies the astrophysics of white dwarfs in interacting binary systems, with a focus on thermonuclear phenomena. Read More