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Aug 21, 2025
New Frontiers in Astronomy Powered by the Rubin Observatory
Rachel Street (Las Cumbres Observatory), Katarzyna Kruszynska (Las Cumbres Observatory), Carrie Holt (Las Cumbres Observatory), Joseph Farah (Las Cumbres Observatory & UCSB)
Public Talk
Feb 21, 2024
The Revolution in Exoplanets: Understanding Our Place in the Universe
Dr. David Ciardi (Chief Scientist at the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute)
Public Talk
Sep 13, 2022
Throwing DART(s) at Asteroids: NASA's First Planetary Defense Mission
Dr. Tim Lister (Las Cumbres Observatory)
Public Talk
Oct 14, 2020
The Last Stargazers
Emily Levesque (University of Washington)
Public Talk
Feb 26, 2020
Chasing Supernovae Explosions with Kepler
Armin Rest (STScI)
Public Talk
Nov 20, 2019
LSST: The Greatest Movie of All Time is Coming to You!
Željko Ivezić (University of Washington)
Public Talk
Jul 17, 2019
Supernovae and the Discovery of the Accelerating Universe
Adam Riess (Krieger School of Arts and Sciences)
Public Talk
Mar 1, 2019
The Ultimate Interplanetary Travel Guide: A Futuristic Journey Through the Solar System
Jim Bell (Arizona State University)
Public Talk
Nov 7, 2018
The Monster at the Heart of our Galaxy
Andrea Ghez (UCLA)
Public Talk
Oct 31, 2018
Our Simple Strange Universe
David Spergel (Princeton University)
Public Talk
Aug 8, 2018
Science Policy in the Age of Trump and Beyond: Federal Priorities in Astronomy and Space Science
Joel Parriott (American Astronomical Society)
Public Talk
May 23, 2018
Einstein, Gravitational Waves, Black Holes, and Other Matters
Gabriela González (Louisiana State University)
Public Talk
Feb 21, 2018
The Search for Inhabited Worlds
Debra Fischer (Yale University)
Public Talk
Nov 16, 2017
The Exploration of Pluto by New Horizons
Alan Stern (NASA)
Public Talk
Nov 6, 2017
Turning Stars Into Gold
Iair Arcavi (Las Cumbres Observatory)
Public Talk
Aug 9, 2017
The Spinning Sun, The Twirling Stars
Tim Brown (Las Cumbres Observatory)
Public Talk
May 17, 2017
Asteroids and Comets: Keeping an Eye on Things that Go Bump in the Night
Amy Mainzer (NASA)
Public Talk
Feb 22, 2017
Hearing the Stars: New Insights into Stellar Interiors
Lars Bildsten (UCSB)
Public Talk
Dec 12, 2016
The Most Mysterious Star in the Galaxy
Tabetha Boyajian (Louisiana State University)
Public Talk
Oct 19, 2016
Einstein's Blunder Undone: Exploding stars, Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe
Robert Kirshner (Harvard University)
Public Talk
Sep 21, 2016
Planetary Defense from Asteroids - Coming Soon to a Planet Near You
Edward Lu (Liquid Robotics)
Public Talk
May 18, 2016
Science Searches for E.T.
Seth Shostak (SETI Institute)