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  • Astronomy Night – Jay GaBany

    Cushing Memorial Amphitheater, Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA 2 Cushing Dr, United States

    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 […]

  • Astronomy Night – Carol Stoker

    Cushing Memorial Amphitheater, Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA 2 Cushing Dr, United States

    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 […]

  • Astronomy Night – Natalie Batalha

    Cushing Memorial Amphitheater, Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA 2 Cushing Dr, United States

    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. […]

  • Astronomy Night – Blake Sherwin

    Cushing Memorial Amphitheater, Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA 2 Cushing Dr, United States

    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 […]

  • Astronomy Night – A Universe of Universes? Alex Filippenko

    Cushing Memorial Amphitheater, Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA 2 Cushing Dr, United States

    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 […]

  • CANCELLED – Astronomy Night – MISSION: MARS – Pascal Lee

    Cushing Memorial Amphitheater, Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA 2 Cushing Dr, United States

    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 […]

  • Astronomy Night – Sci-Fi MOVIE NIGHT- APOLLO 13

    Cushing Memorial Amphitheater, Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA 2 Cushing Dr, United States

    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 […]

  • Flight

    Confirmation Code: OMRDLO Anne Elisabeth Komer Seat: 17A Ticket: 2792102115734 Frequent Flyer: B6 2042461806 Lars Drew Jensen Seat: 17B Ticket: 2792102115735 Frequent Flyer: B6 2043238045

  • Flight

    Confirmation Code: OMRDLO Anne Elisabeth Komer Seat: 16D Ticket: 2792102115734 Frequent Flyer: B6 2042461806 Lars Drew Jensen Seat: 16F Ticket: 2792102115735 Frequent Flyer: B6 2043238045

  • Astronomy Night – The Modern Origins Story – Eliot Quataert

    Cushing Memorial Amphitheater, Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA 2 Cushing Dr, United States

    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 […]

  • Astronomy Night – Searching for Aliens, Finding Ourselves – Jill Tarter

    Cushing Memorial Amphitheater, Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA 2 Cushing Dr, United States

    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 […]

  • Astronomy Night – Gravitational Waves and the Glow of Cosmic Gold – Daniel Kasen

    Cushing Memorial Amphitheater, Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA 2 Cushing Dr, United States

    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 […]

  • Astronomy Nights – The Largest 3D Maps of Our Universe

    Mt Theater, Mt Tam State Park, Mill Valley, CA 2 Park Ter, United States

    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 […]

  • Astronomy Nights – Gravitational Lensing: Bends in Space-time

    Mt Theater, Mt Tam State Park, Mill Valley, CA 2 Park Ter, United States

    Gravitational Lensing: Bends in Space-time Fatima Abdurrahman, Doctoral Candidate, Astronomy Department, UC Berkeley 100 years ago, Einstein predicted that light rays would deviate from straight-line paths in the space near […]