Our Universe in another Light: Livestream Talk, Planetarium Style Tour, Q & A

Описание: Over more than 20 years, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has made profound discoveries and contributed invaluable information about objects in our Universe. As part of NASA’s “Great Observatories” program, Chandra was designed and built to observe X-rays alongside the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope, and the Compton Gamma-ray Observatory. The quest to explore the Universe is both multiwavelength and multimessenger in nature, with many significant discoveries requiring information from different types of light as well as gravitational waves and more. Learn more about Chandra, and some of the unique roles it has played in understanding our Universe.


Kimberly Arcand is one of the world’s preeminent experts in astronomy visualization and has been a pioneer in 3D imaging/printing and virtual reality applications in this field. Kim began her career in molecular biology and public health before moving to NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in 1998. In addition to being an award-winning producer and director, she is an expert in studying the perception and comprehension of high-energy data visualization across the novice-expert spectrum. When not working, Kim spends as much time with her husband, two kids, and whatever rescue dog she has adopted lately, as she possibly can.