A series of six evening lectures that focus on astronomy and the space sciences kicks off on Tuesday at the Laboratory's Bradbury Science Museum.
Laboratory scientist Didier Saumon of the Applied Physics (X) Division leads off the series with a talk about extrasolar planets and brown dwarf stars. He also will review the results of a decade of exciting discoveries and our new understanding of planetary systems.
Other scheduled lectures and topics are
* Wednesday on Gamma-Ray Bursts by Gabriel Rockefeller of Computational Physics Methods (CCS-2)
* Thursday on Supernova by Aimee Hungerford of CCS-2
* July 15 on Galaxies by Steven Diehl of Theoretical Physics (T-6)
* July 16 on High Energy Astronomy by John Pretz of Neutron Science and Technology (P-23).
The lecture series concludes July 18 with a presentation by Earthwatch students. The Earthwatch students participate in a variety of activities over a two-week period coordinated and designed by Los Alamos technical staff members.
All lectures begin at 5 p.m. and are free and open to the public.
For more information, call the Bradbury Science Museum at 7-4444 or go to the museum's Web page. The museum is located at 15th Street and Central Avenue in downtown Los Alamos. Admission to the museum is free.
The Bradbury Science Museum is part of the Community Programs Office (CPO).
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