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SUMMARY:THE STAR THAT ATE MANHATTAN: RESULTS FROM NICER\, Oct 17\, 2017\, Lib of Congress\, DC\, 11:30-12:30 ET
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Zaven Arzoumanian of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center will give public lecture on October 17\, 2017 from 11:30 am – 12:30 pm in the Pickford Theater of the Library of Congress’s Madison Building on Capitol Hill in Washington\, D.C.   He will discuss results from the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) instrument that was attached to the International Space Station (ISS) in June 2017. \nThe lecture later will be broadcast on the library’s webpage and YouTube channel “Topics in Science” playlist. \nMore information is in the NASA announcement\, which is reproduced below. \n\n\nNASA Scientist to Discuss ‘The Star That Ate Manhattan’ at Library of Congress Lecture\n\n\n\n\nThe public is invited to a free talk called “The Star That Ate Manhattan: Studying Neutron Stars from the International Space Station\,” with Dr. Zaven Arzoumanian in the Pickford Theater\, third floor\, Madison Building\, Library of Congress\, Washington\, D.C.\, on Tuesday\, Oct. 17 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EDT. \n\n\n\nThis is an artist’s concept of a pulsar (blue-white disk in center) pulling in matter from a nearby star (red disk at upper right). The stellar material forms a disk around the pulsar (multicolored ring) before falling on to the surface at the magnetic poles. The pulsar’s intense magnetic field is represented by faint blue outlines surrounding the pulsar.\nCredits: NASA\n\n\n\nDr. Zaven Arzoumanian is a research astrophysicist and the deputy principal investigator for the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) mission at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center\, Greenbelt\, Maryland. He will describe NASA’s NICER mission\, an International Space Station payload devoted to studying neutron stars — the physics governing their interiors\, their emissions\, and their evolution. \n“Neutron stars crush more mass than the Sun into a ball about as wide as Manhattan Island in New York\,” said Arzoumanian\, “And they can rotate as fast as the blade of a kitchen blender. Neutron stars are the strongest magnets known\, emit a wide range of light across the electromagnetic spectrum\, and are the densest objects in the universe we can observe directly. Many are observed as ‘pulsars\,’ appearing to flash regularly as their spin sweeps beams of light across our skies.” \nLaunched June 3\, 2017\, on an 18-month baseline mission\, NICER will help scientists understand the nature of the densest stable form of matter located deep in the cores of neutron stars using X-ray measurements. \n\n\n\nDr. Zaven Arzoumanian\, Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) mission deputy principal investigator at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center\, Greenbelt\, Md.\nCredits: NASA\n\n\n\nNICER will also perform the first demonstration of spacecraft navigation using pulsars as natural beacons. \nThe Library of Congress maintains one of the largest and most diverse collections of scientific and technical information in the world. The Science\, Technology and Business Division provides reference and bibliographic services and develops the general collections of the library in all areas of science\, technology\, business and economics. \nThe Library of Congress is the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution and the largest library in the world and holds nearly 151.8 million items in various languages\, disciplines and formats. The library serves Congress and the nation both on-site in its reading rooms on Capitol Hill and through its award-winning website. \nFor inquiries about this or upcoming talks at the Library of Congress\, the public can contact the library’s Science\, Technology and Business Division at 202-707-5664. ADA accommodations should be requested five business days in advance at 202-707-6382 (voice/tty) or ada@loc.gov. \nThe lecture will be later broadcast on the library’s webcast page and YouTube channel “Topics in Science” playlist. \nFor more information contact Stephanie Marcus at 202-707-1212 or smar@loc.gov or visit: http://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/ \nFor directions\, visit: http://www.loc.gov/visit/maps-and-floor-plans/ \nFor more information about NICER\, visit: www.nasa.gov/nicer \nFor more information about Dr. Arzoumanian\, visit: \nhttps://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sed/bio/zaven.arzoumanian-1 \n  \n\n\n\nRob Gutro / Lora Bleacher\nNASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center\, Greenbelt\, Md.\n301-286-0697 / 2009 \nRobert.j.gutro@nasa.gov / Lora.v.bleacher@nasa.gov
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