Meeting #10

Agenda

Science in the NewsI SEE THE LIGHTScience Olympiad

Closest Alien Planet Receives a Name

Herschel Space Telescope Ends Mission

Background

Active 2009-2013Recently ran out of Liquid Helium to keep

equipment cool, ultimately ending its ability to function.

Largest inferred telescope ever launched (commissioned by ESA)

In a parked position at L2 Lagrangian point

ALPHA Lab Tests Antimatter Gravity

ALPHA- Antihydrogen Laser PHysics Apparatus

Run through CernTesting to see if antimatter acts like regular

matterDeduced the possibly of Antigravity

(antimatter falling upwards)Testing Antihydrogen escaping a magnetic

field in an upward direction

Light

Light is the reason we can see things.Light is either EMITTED or ABSORBED by

different substances.

Light

It is a form of electromagnetic radiation.The Visible Light Spectrum (similar to the

Hydrogen emission spectrum) is composed of light of different wavelengths. Different wavelengths mean different frequencies.

Light

Light is behaves both as a particle and a wave!

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