Astronomy Night – Blake Sherwin
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 […]
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Astronomy Night – A Universe of Universes? Alex Filippenko
Cushing Memorial Amphitheater, Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA 2 Cushing Dr, United StatesApr 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 […]
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Astronomy Night – Is That Deep Glow in the Night Sky Real? – Laura Peticolas
Cushing Memorial Amphitheater, Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA 2 Cushing Dr, United StatesMay 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 […]
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CANCELLED – Astronomy Night – MISSION: MARS – Pascal Lee
Cushing Memorial Amphitheater, Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA 2 Cushing Dr, United StatesJun 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 […]
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Astronomy Night – Search for a Second Genesis of Life: Motive, Means, and Opportunity – Alfonso Davila
Cushing Memorial Amphitheater, Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA 2 Cushing Dr, United StatesJul 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 […]
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Astronomy Night – Sci-Fi MOVIE NIGHT- APOLLO 13
Cushing Memorial Amphitheater, Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA 2 Cushing Dr, United StatesJul 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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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
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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
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Astronomy Night – The Modern Origins Story – Eliot Quataert
Cushing Memorial Amphitheater, Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA 2 Cushing Dr, United StatesAug 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 […]
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Astronomy Night – Searching for Aliens, Finding Ourselves – Jill Tarter
Cushing Memorial Amphitheater, Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA 2 Cushing Dr, United StatesSep 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 […]
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Astronomy Night – Gravitational Waves and the Glow of Cosmic Gold – Daniel Kasen
Cushing Memorial Amphitheater, Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA 2 Cushing Dr, United StatesOct 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 […]
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Astronomy Nights – Exoplanets: The How, What & Why of Planets Around Other Stars
Mt Theater, Mt Tam State Park, Mill Valley, CA 2 Park Ter, United StatesExoplanets: 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 […]
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Astronomy Nights – The Largest 3D Maps of Our Universe
Mt Theater, Mt Tam State Park, Mill Valley, CA 2 Park Ter, United StatesThe 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 […]
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Astronomy Nights – Gravitational Lensing: Bends in Space-time
Mt Theater, Mt Tam State Park, Mill Valley, CA 2 Park Ter, United StatesGravitational 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 […]
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Astronomy Nights – Cassini’s Spectacular Final Year at Saturn
Mt Theater, Mt Tam State Park, Mill Valley, CA 2 Park Ter, United StatesCassini's Spectacular Final Year at Saturn Dr. Matthew Tiscareno, Senior Research Scientist, SETI Institute Cassini’s 13-year exploration of Saturn stands as the most successful interplanetary mission in NASA history. Its […]
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Astronomy Nights – Astrobiology Under Our Feet & Out to the Stars
Mt Theater, Mt Tam State Park, Mill Valley, CA 2 Park Ter, United StatesAstrobiology Under Our Feet & Out to the Stars Dr. Penelope Boston, Director, NASA Astrobiology Institute, NASA Ames Research Center The Age of Astrobiology has begun. We have a whole […]
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Astronomy Nights – MISSION: MARS
Mt Theater, Mt Tam State Park, Mill Valley, CA 2 Park Ter, United StatesMISSION: MARS Dr. Pascal Lee, Planetary Scientist, Mars & SETI Institutes We are making progress globally—from the Arctic to Antarctica, from underground labs to the International Space Station—to achieve the […]