Slide 1Title Page Janet Moore NASA Educator Ambassador Slide 2 What is a Black Hole? Definition: a place where the escape velocity is faster than the speed of light. Slide…

Slide 1Chapter 15: Chapter 15: The Milky Way Galaxy Slide 2 WHAT DO YOU THINK? How many stars does the Milky Way Galaxy contain? Where is our Solar System located in the…

Slide 1Chapter 3 Interactions and Implications Slide 2 Entropy Slide 3 Slide 4 Lets show that the derivative of entropy with respect to energy is temperature for the Einstein…

1. 1A gas cloud on its way toward the super-massive blackhole in the Galactic CentreS.Gillessen1, R.Genzel1,2, T.Fritz1, E.Quataert3, C.Alig4, A.Burkert4,1, J.Cuadra5,F.Eisenhauer1,…

Slide 11 Slide 2 Exoplanet detection (500+) 2 Gravitational attraction between a stellar mass (sun) and planets (bigger the better, why?) makes sun’s position wobble about…

Slide 1 Title Page Slide 2 What is a Black Hole? Definition: a place where the escape velocity is faster than the speed of light. Slide 3 Close-up Picture of a Black Hole…

Slide 1 Class 24 : Supermassive black holes Recap: What is a black hole? Case studies: M87. M106. MCG-6-30-15. What’s at the center of the Milky Way? The demographics of…

Slide 1 June 12, 2007DOE Program Review1 Emergency Information Be aware of exits in your building Be aware of exits in your building –Speaker will indicate locations for…

Slide 1 The Ultra-luminous X-Ray Sources Near the Center of M82 NTHU 10/18/2007 Yi-Jung Yang Slide 2 Outline  Nature of Ultraluminous X-ray Sources (ULXs)  Suggested…

Slide 1 Death By Black Hole Rob Sparks Pinon Teacher’s Workshop Presentation stolen shamelessly from Phil Plait (the Bad Astronomer) Slide 2 DISCLAIMER! What you are about…