NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The eminent astronomer David Weedman, who is a Nashville native and graduate of Vanderbilt, will be delivering a free public lecture on Tuesday evening, May 27, in the Nashville Convention Center as part of the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society. Weedman will be available for media interviews on Monday and Tuesday preceding the event.
In his public lecture, Weedman will provide an update on quasars – single, star-like objects that burn with as much energy as billions of stars in hundreds of galaxies combined, black holes – objects whose gravitational attraction is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape their grasp if they wander too close, and some of the other fantastic celestial objects that inhabit the edge of the visible universe.
Weedman has served as director of the astrophysics division at NASA and program director for the National Optical Astronomy Observatories and National Solar Observatory and now works at Cornell University.
To set up an interview please contact David Salisbury on May 22 or 23 at 343-6803.