WASHINGTON, April 16, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
-- The public is invited to a free talk called "Swimming in
Martian Lakes: Curiosity at Gale Crater," with Dr. Scott Guzewich in the Pickford Theater, third
floor, Madison Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., on April 25 from 11:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. EDT.
Guzewich is a speaker in the 2018 NASA Goddard Lectures
Series at the Library of Congress. Guzewich is a research
astrophysicist in the Planetary Systems Laboratory at NASA's
Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
As primitive life was becoming established on Earth, Gale Crater
on Mars was a shallow lake filled with potentially fresh water and
brimming with all of the chemical ingredients necessary to support
life. For the past five years, NASA has been exploring the remnants
of this lake with the Curiosity rover.
For the first time in the history of space exploration, NASA is
directly studying an environment that was once habitable for life
as we know it. Guzewich shares the story of Gale Crater and how it
can tell us how Mars has changed and whether life may be common in
the universe.
The 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.
The 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.
For 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.
The lecture will be later broadcast on the library's webcast
page and YouTube channel "Topics in Science" playlist.
For more information contact Stephanie
Marcus at 202-707-1212 or smar@loc.gov or visit:
http://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/
For directions, visit:
http://www.loc.gov/visit/maps-and-floor-plans/
For more information about the Mars Science Laboratory, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html
For Scott Guzewich's
biography:
https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sed/bio/scott.d.guzewich
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