This is a free and open to the public hybrid event, held both inperson and online. Due to the newly effective insurance requirements, we regret that we can not allow people under 18 on the Chapman Campus, they are welcome to attend online. Join Zoom This meeting's speaker will present inperson. 44 years as […]
Join Zoom This meeting's speaker will present inperson. Mars Helicopter Telecom The highly successful Ingenuity - Mars Helicopter - technology demonstration came to an end in January 2024 after 72 flights over 1000 sols (1.5 Mars years) exploring Mars. The author led the telecommunications team for Ingenuity from conception through flight operations and […]
Join Zoom This meeting's speaker will present inperson. NASA’s Cold Atom Lab: Quantum Science and Technology Maturation on the International Space Station NASA’s Cold Atom Lab (CAL) launched to the International Space Station (ISS) in May 2018, and has been operating since that time as the world’s first and only […]
Join Zoom This meeting's speaker will present live from Albany, NY. Fast Radio Bursts-Signals from Across the Universe This artist’s impression (not to scale) illustrates the path of the fast radio burst FRB 20220610A, from the distant galaxy where it originated all the way to Earth, in one of the Milky Way’s […]
Join Zoom This meeting's speaker will present online from Los Angeles. A Trip to the Center of Our Galaxy The heart of the Milky Way is home to Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole approximately four million times the mass of the Sun. Although it remains largely quiet today, it is surrounded by […]
Join Zoom This meeting's speaker will present inperson. Backyard Exoplanet Observatory ... measuring exoplanets with a small backyard telescope Amateur astronomers can measure exoplanet parameters from their suburban backyard using a small telescope, astronomy camera, and a laptop Mr Hallman is a retired physicist with over 30 years experience in […]
Join Zoom This meeting's speaker will present online from Topeka, KS. Exploding Stars and Life on Earth Scientists have long speculated that the history of life on Earth may have been influenced by cosmic explosions such as supernovae. In recent decades the combination of astrophysical data and computational models have allowed detailed study of […]
Join Zoom This meeting's speaker will present inperson from the Chapman campus. Pathway to a Post-Global Warming Future — A Brief Overview of Climate Science, Consequences, and Solutions (and their astronomical connections!) Global warming may not seem obviously connected to astronomy — but it is. In fact, the basic […]
Join Zoom This meeting's speaker will present inperson from the Chapman campus. The Search for Earth 2.0: Why We Think It Exists, and How We’re Going To Find It For thousands of years, we’ve wondered if the Earth is unique, or if there are other Earths out there to find. In just […]
Join Zoom This meeting's speaker will present inperson from the Chapman campus. From OCA School Star Parties to 4K Cameras in Orbit In this presentation, Liam Kennedy, amateur astronomer, former president of the Orange County Astronomers, and now SpaceTV Director at Sen, shares his remarkable journey from local astronomy outreach to developing technology […]