Yervant1 Posted October 2, 2008 Report Share Posted October 2, 2008 NASA SCIENTIST VISITS OIL CITY HIGH SCHOOL Oil City Derrick Thursday, October 02, 2008 PA Varoujan Gorjian, an astronomer with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., visited Oil City High School Friday and Monday and talked to students about a wide range of topics including black holes, the Big Bang Machine, and what it's like to be a scientist. Gorjian is Armenian and lived in Iran until he was 10 years old before his family moved to Los Angeles. He is pictured here speaking in one of teacher Tim Spuck's Earth in action classes at the high school. Gorjian traveled to the area to speak at Astroblast 2008, which was held over the weekend at the Oil Region Astronomical Observatory at Two Mile Run County Park. Gorjian's research focus is Active Galactic Nuclei, young star forming regions that may be the sites of globular clusters in formation, and cosmic star formation history. He is also a research scientist with the Spitzer Science Center in Pasadena. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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