Past Events
MSTE Friday Lunch Series - Eclipses as Heavenly Laboratories: Launching Revolutions in General Relativity and Exoplanets
Champaign , USA
Classroom 201, 505 E. Green Street, Champaign, IL 61820
Classroom 201, 505 E. Green Street, Champaign, IL 61820
Brian Fields will discuss on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus two examples of eclipse-based science that have changed the face of physics and astronomy: testing Einstein's General Relativity theory, and discovering planets around other stars.
Event Type: Lecture
Speaker Information: Brian Fields, Professor and Chair of the Department of Astronomy and Professor of Physics
The 2017 total solar eclipse was likely the most viewed in human history, and was a spectacular moment of public engagement and interest in astronomy and science in general. Illinois Astronomers took full advantage of this opportunity, and members of the AstroIllini outreach group will demonstrate hands-on activities. Moreover, eclipses also provide unique laboratories. Brian will discuss two examples of eclipse-based science that have changed the face of physics and astronomy: testing Einstein's General Relativity theory, and discovering planets around other stars.
Cost: Free and open to the public
Sponsor: Office for Mathematics, Science, & Technology Education (MSTE)