Exoplanets: Finding Life in the Galaxy Join Dr. Zellem, a planetary astronomer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, as he discusses how scientists find and characterize exoplanets, planets outside of our […]
From the big bang to the empty end - the universe from the point of view of modern cosmology The scientific view point on our Universe has gone through a […]
Investigating the Mysteries of Exploding Stars Hubble Space Telescope image of supernova 1994D in galaxy NGC 4526. Supernovae are cosmic explosions where a single star can suddenly become as bright […]
News from the Universe The Virgo and two LIGO Gravitational Wave observatories are in observation mode. They detect more than one inspiral event per week, of Black Holes and Neutron […]
The Universe in Infrared Light (There is no Red in Infrared) The infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum plays an indispensable role in both terrestrial and astronomical applications. On Earth, […]
OUR LITTLE CORNER OF THE GALAXY – THE EARTHLIGHT EXPRESS In The Earthlight Express, internationally published science artist Chris Butler brings his popular Our Little Corner of the Galaxy […]
Astro-cinematography from the Mount Laguna Observatory The stars and galaxies that fill the night sky appear roughly today as they have throughout human history. However, close inspection shows that these […]
Music of the Spheres: Gravitational Waves from Black Holes The Nobel prize in 2016 was awarded for the detection of gravitational waves by the LIGO interferometer. So faint are these […]
From Apples to Orange Juice: Can We Infer a Galaxy's Biography from Just One Photograph? Despite having data stretching back over 10 billion years and computer simulations that make realistic-looking […]
This event has passed. To provide feedback about the meeting, click here. Our Dusty Universe The two first images of ESO’s GigaGalaxy Zoom project combined to show a whole view […]