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 Stars, and started making a strange picture of the collapsed-matter Universe. Why are there so many heavy Black Holes out there? How did they form […]
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, IR light runs our remote controls, provides security and surveillance, and identifies disease. In space, infrared light allows us to explore planet surface features, quantify […]
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 tours of the universe close to home – with an excursion across the wild and majestic wastelands of Earth's moon. Join Chris for a unique […]
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 objects change, sometimes dramatically, over decades or months, or occasionally over just minutes. The field of time-domain astronomy has arisen in recent years thanks to […]
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 ripples that the only events powerful enough to produce detectable signals are the collisions of black holes and neutron stars, some forty times the mass […]
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 galaxies starting from just gas and dark matter, humans do not have a theory that predicts why a galaxy looks the way it does based […]
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 of the Milky Way as could be seen with the unaided eye, and a more central region observed with an amateur telescope. Most of […]
Come and socialize with your fellow astronomy enthusiasts face-to-face at this online meeting! Bring your latest AstroPhotos or questions or mini-presentation. This event was created as a response to those who missed the social interaction opportunity provided at our in-person general meetings.
RSVP using the link on the box above. Please install/update zoom client prior to the event. Cosmic Dawn: The Birth of Galaxies in our Universe The Milky Way is but one of an estimated two trillion galaxies in our observable Universe. Modern astronomical telescopes have revealed a rich ecosystem of galaxies, but our Universe wasn't […]
This event is free and open to public, to attend please use the zoom registration link on the box above. Solar Eclipses: Math, Science, and Spectacle A composite image of the 2013 total solar eclipse at solar maximum. (Photos by Jay Pasachoff, Allen Davis, and Vojtech Rusin; computer compositing by Miloslav Druckmüller) As a veteran […]
