Events
Due to COVID-19 all events are currently cancelled
May 23, 2018
Einstein, Gravitational Waves, Black Holes, and Other Matters
Gabriela González (Louisiana State University)
May 2, 2018
The Universe in Infrared Light
Rebecca Larson (UT Austin)
Astronomy, What is it good for?
Iair ("ya-eer") Arcavi (LCO/UCSB)
Apr 4, 2018
Astronomy - It's not just for Tesla drivers
Chuck McPartlin (SBAU)
The Sky is Alive with the Sound of Music
Greg Salvesen (UCSB)
Mar 7, 2018
How to Take a Picture of an Extra-solar World.
Isabel Lipartito (UCSB)
From Sputnik to Tesla: The Things We Launch into Space
Monica Turner (LCO)
Feb 7, 2018
A Saturnian Farewell: Thirteen Years of Cassini
Joey Chatelain (LCO)
How Fast Can You Grow a Supermassive Black Hole?
Fred Davies (UCSB)
Dec 6, 2017
Gravitational Waves from Merging Neutron Stars
Duncan Brown (Syracuse University)
A Kilanova from Merging Neutron Stars
Andy Howell (LCO/UCSB)
Jul 12, 2017
Exploding Stars, Dark Energy, and the Runaway Universe
Jeff Silverman (Samba TV)
The Science of Star Trek
Rachael Livermore (UT Austin)
Jun 14, 2017
A Brief History of LCO: What it Takes to Run a Worldwide Observatory
Brian Haworth and Eric Saunders (LCO)
Hunting for Dark Matter: The Underground Search for the Missing Universe
Sally Shaw (UCSB)
May 17, 2017
Asteroids and Comets: Keeping an Eye on Things that Go Bump in the Night
Amy Mainzer (NASA)
May 10, 2017
Giant Rocks from Space: Threats or Treasures?
Tim Lister (LCO)
How to Fight an Undead Army of Galaxies
Kevin Bundy (UCSB)
Apr 5, 2017
Did Double Stars End the Cosmic Dark Ages?
Ylva Gotberg (University of Amsterdam)
The American Total Solar Eclipse of 2017
Andy Howell (LCO/UCSB)
Mar 1, 2017
Astounding facts about the Universe and how we observe it.
Curtis McCully, Sara Greenstreet, Rachel Street, Charlotte Mason, Todd Boroson, Nikolas Volgenau, Etienne Bachelet, Griffin Hosseinzadeh, Tim Lister, Greg Salvesen and Iair ("ya-eer") Arcavi (LCO/UCSB)
Jan 18, 2017
Cosmic Fog: Strange Clouds Around Our Galaxy
Mike McCourt (UCSB)
Black Holes: Nature's Beer Goggles
Greg Salvesen (UCSB)
Nov 16, 2016
The Outer Solar System: Pluto and Friends
Sarah Greenstreet (LCO/UCSB)
Classical Novae: Inside Out Stars Evolving in Reverse
Bill Wolf (UCSB)
Oct 19, 2016
Einstein's Blunder Undone: Exploding stars, Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe
Robert Kirshner (Harvard University)
Oct 5, 2016
Dwarf Novae: The Hiccups of Vampire Stars
Matt Coleman (UCSB)
Project Starshot and DEEP-IN: Humanity's First Interstellar Missions
Phil Lubin (UCSB)
Sep 21, 2016
Planetary Defense from Asteroids - Coming Soon to a Planet Near You
Edward Lu (Liquid Robotics)
Sep 7, 2016
Bending Light to Find New Worlds
Rachel Street (LCO)
Explosions in Space! How to Catch a Supernova
Griffin Hosseinzadeh (LCO/UCSB)
Jul 27, 2016
A Search for the Stolen Starlight
Haley Gomez (Cardiff University)
Jack Photon: A Story of Light
Edward Gomez (LCO)