Shooting for the Stars
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 20:30
in Astronomy & Space
University of Delaware astronomer Judi Provencal has been busy manning the command center for a star watch of epic proportions, the latest observing run of the Whole Earth Telescope (WET). This global collaboration of observatories collects asteroseismic data--information on stellar waves that pass through hot stars in the cosmos like earthquakes pass through Earth.