FREE LECTURE SERIES TO EXPLORE MOST VIOLENT PLACES IN UNIVERSE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News | February 20, 2007 | Copyright

The University of Chicago issued the following news release:

Nine free lectures at the University of Chicago will explore how black holes, remnants of exploded stars and other exotic celestial objects emit streams of powerful gamma rays.

"The Quest for Gamma Rays: Exploring the Most Violent Places in the Universe," is the title of this year's Arthur Holly Compton Lectures, sponsored each spring and fall by the University's Enrico Fermi Institute. The 65th series of these public lectures will begin Saturday, March 24, and will be held each Saturday through June 2 (except for April 21 and May ...

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