Universal Answers

Dr. Peter Newbury, Astronomer with the H.R. MacMillan Space Center in Vancouver, B.C., watches along with contest winners, nine-year-old Harveen Dhaliwal, left, and Ingrid Braul, 13, as Gemini North Associate Director Dr. Jean-René Roy and Gemini Fellow Dr. Kathy Roth answer questions on astronomy asked by Canadian elementary students before a Vancouver audience of more than 250 students, teachers and parents. The two Gemini Observatory astronomers, whose image from Hawaii is projected in the background, were able to participate in the awards ceremony via a live teleconference. (Photo by Kim Stallknecht)