Alan Agrawal, Mount Diablo Astronomical Society *** Heavenly Vision: Galileo’s Telescopes & Observations *** Galileo Galilei developed a new method for reliably comprehending the world around us and, accordingly, has […]
Jay GaBany, President & CEO, Advanced Imaging Conference *** Astrophotography for Everyone *** Advances in recent decades have allowed amateur astronomers to produce deep space and planetary pictures that rival those […]
Carol Stoker, Planetary Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center *** The Search for Life Beyond Earth *** Besides Earth, several planetary bodies in our solar systems are recognized as having the potential […]
Natalie Batalha, Research Astronomer, NASA Ames Research Center *** Life in the Goldilocks Zone *** Discoveries by NASA's Kepler Mission suggest there are billions of potentially habitable worlds in the Milky Way galaxy. […]
Watching the Universe Grow Up Dr. Adrian Liu, Research Associate Professor, UC Berkeley Cosmologists have now come to a detailed understanding of what our Universe was like as a child […]
Apr 21, 8:00pm — A Universe of Universes? AlexFilippenko, Professor of Astronomy, UC BerkeleyMany scientists now think that there might be more than a single universe.Our universe may be just one example in […]
May 19, 8:00pm — Is That Deep Glow in the Night Sky Real?Laura Peticolas, Assoc Director of Education & Outreach, Sonoma State UniversityThe Northern Lights can appear as a deep […]
Jun 16, 8:00pm — MISSION: MARSPascal Lee, Planetary Scientist, Mars& SETI InstitutesWe are making progress globally — from the Arctic to Antarctica, from basementlabs to the International Space Station — to achieve […]
Jul 14, 8:00pm — Search for a Second Genesis of Life: Motive, Means, and OpportunityAlfonso Davila, Research Astronomer, NASA Ames Research CenterUnderstanding the concept of a second genesis and how […]
Jul 28, 7:30pm — Sci-Fi MOVIE NIGHT- APOLLO 13 1995 award winning film dramatizes the aborted 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission. Screening followed by expose of “fake” science in the […]
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Aug 18, 8:00pm — The Modern Origins StoryEliot Quataert, Professor of Astronomy,UC BerkeleyOur story begins in the remarkably simple early universe, devoid of thecomplexity around us today. Come learn how the universe […]
Sep 15, 7:30pm — Searching for Aliens, Finding OurselvesJill Tarter, Research Chair, SETIInstituteAre we alone? Humans have been asking this question throughout history. Sincethe middle of the 20th century, we have […]
Oct 13, 7:00pm — Gravitational Waves and the Glow ofCosmic GoldDaniel Kasen, Assoc. Professor ofAstronomy, UC BerkeleyIn October 2017, Earthlings detected gravitational waves — ripples in thefabric of space-time — from […]
Exoplanets: The How, What & Why of Planets Around Other Stars Dr. Megan Ansdell, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Integrative Planetary Sciences, UC Berkeley In the last decade, the commissioning of […]
The Largest 3D Maps of Our Universe Dr. Josh Dillon, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Astronomy Department, UC Berkeley The last century has seen a revolution in our understanding of the cosmos, including […]