June 16, 1995, Hour One:Astronomy News

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Hour One

Astronomy News

When astronomers point their massive telescopes into space, what might they see? A brown dwarf, a million comets, and a blanket of intergalactic helium leftover from the Big Bang, to name just a few. In this hour: we'll ask scientists attending this week's American Astronomical Society Conference what their findings reveal about the birth and death of stars, planets, and our universe.

Guests:
Anita Cochran
Research Scientist
University of Texas
Austin, TX

Arthur Davidsen
Professor of Astrophysics
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Gibor Basri
Professor of Astronomy
University of California
Berkeley, CA

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