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Exoplanet Imaging in the 21st Century: Tools and Techniques for a New Era of Detailed Exoplanet CharacterizationIn the last thirty years, over 3,000 planets have been discovered orbiting nearby stars. However, this menagerie of new worlds represents only a part of the planet formation parameter space: the most prolific methods for exoplanet discovery, transits and radial velocities, are sensitive to close-in planets, but largely miss bodies ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
After Dark: A Herring OperaA Herring Opera by Tessa Ellie Schmidt (2017, 27 min.) looks at the complicated but beautiful flurry of activity that happens in Sitka, Alaska each spring, when herring arrive to spawn. Commercial fishermen descending on spawning sites is posed against local, indigenous fishing practices as the small town comes to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with After Dark Admission
First significant summit explosions in nearly a centuryLargest summit collapse volume since at least 1800Voluminous fissure eruptions feeding channelized lava flowUnparalleled new opportunities for understanding the volcanic systemSpeaker: Kyle Anderson, USGS
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Taking Heat with Tim X LeeTaking Heat is a global warming surfin’ safari: the endless summer meets The Endless Summer. It's the first in-person production about climate change that is written and performed by an actual scientist. Taking Heat follows comedian Tim Lee’s expedition around the world looking for the perfect wave. Far from what ...