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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)

Dr. Tim Lister

Public Talk
Sep 13, 2022
Throwing DART(s) at Asteroids: NASA's First Planetary Defense Mission

Dr. Tim Lister (Las Cumbres Observatory)

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Public Talk
Oct 14, 2020
The Last Stargazers

Emily Levesque (University of Washington)

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Public Talk
Feb 26, 2020
Chasing Supernovae Explosions with Kepler

Armin Rest (STScI)

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Public Talk
Nov 20, 2019
LSST: The Greatest Movie of All Time is Coming to You!

Željko Ivezić (University of Washington)

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Public Talk
Jul 17, 2019
Supernovae and the Discovery of the Accelerating Universe

Adam Riess (Krieger School of Arts and Sciences)

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Public Talk
Mar 1, 2019
The Ultimate Interplanetary Travel Guide: A Futuristic Journey Through the Solar System

Jim Bell (Arizona State University)

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Public Talk
Nov 7, 2018
The Monster at the Heart of our Galaxy

Andrea Ghez (UCLA)

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Public Talk
Oct 31, 2018
Our Simple Strange Universe

David Spergel (Princeton University)

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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)

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Public Talk
May 23, 2018
Einstein, Gravitational Waves, Black Holes, and Other Matters

Gabriela González (Louisiana State University)

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Public Talk
Feb 21, 2018
The Search for Inhabited Worlds

Debra Fischer (Yale University)

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Public Talk
Nov 16, 2017
The Exploration of Pluto by New Horizons

Alan Stern (NASA)

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Public Talk
Nov 6, 2017
Turning Stars Into Gold

Iair Arcavi (Las Cumbres Observatory)

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Public Talk
Aug 9, 2017
The Spinning Sun, The Twirling Stars

Tim Brown (Las Cumbres Observatory)

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Public Talk
Feb 22, 2017
Hearing the Stars: New Insights into Stellar Interiors

Lars Bildsten (UCSB)

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Public Talk
Dec 12, 2016
The Most Mysterious Star in the Galaxy

Tabetha Boyajian (Louisiana State University)

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Public Talk
Oct 19, 2016
Einstein's Blunder Undone: Exploding stars, Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe

Robert Kirshner (Harvard University)

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Public Talk
Sep 21, 2016
Planetary Defense from Asteroids - Coming Soon to a Planet Near You

Edward Lu (Liquid Robotics)

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Public Talk
May 18, 2016
Science Searches for E.T.

Seth Shostak (SETI Institute)