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Meeting #10
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Agenda Science in the News I SEE THE LIGHT Science Olympiad
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Closest Alien Planet Receives a Name
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Herschel Space Telescope Ends Mission
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Background Active 2009-2013 Recently 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 L 2 Lagrangian point
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ALPHA Lab Tests Antimatter Gravity ALPHA- Antihydrogen Laser PHysics Apparatus Run through Cern Testing to see if antimatter acts like regular matter Deduced the possibly of Antigravity (antimatter falling upwards) Testing Antihydrogen escaping a magnetic field in an upward direction
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Light Light is the reason we can see things. Light is either EMITTED or ABSORBED by different substances.
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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.
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Light Light is behaves both as a particle and a wave!
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