Solving Venus’ mysteries, three missions at a time - LivestreamAfter years of waiting, an armada of spacecraft are headed to Venus. In June, NASA approved not one, but two new missions named VERITAS and DAVINCI to our closest planetary neighbor and ESA quickly followed suit and approved its own mission called EnVision.Venus has been a forgotten planet for too ...
Where: Cost: Free
December Science on Tap: Deep Sea MiningAstrid Leitner, a researcher from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, will inform us of the future emerging industry of mining in the deep ocean. Demands for materials to build electronics are projected to increase, and thus it is crucial that deep sea mining be carried out sustainably.
It’s not just light we receive from the Universe. We receive cosmic particles on the Earth that have travelled enormous distances at incredibly high speeds. Some of these particles carry extreme energies, millions of times higher than we can achieve using man-made particle accelerators, like the Large Hadron Collider, here ...
Where: Cost: Free
Fascinating Mushroom Spores: Rules & Exceptions, Unknowns Galore - LivestreamIn this talk we’ll explore the world of mushroom spores - where they are formed, how they get into the environment and where they want to end up, whether there are any correlations between spore colour & ornamentation and habitat & nutritional mode (fungal life style). And we’ll make detours ...
 Started in 1900, Audubon's Christmas Bird Count is the largest and longest-running citizen science project in the world. Discover the history of the count locally and globally, what we've learned, and how this data has helped drive conservation efforts, including understanding how climate change is affecting birds.Speaker: Glenn Phillips, Golden ...
The warm glow of the projected image invites us to in-between worlds where imagination can roam and new perspectives on the world around us may emerge. Tonight, we celebrate visual storytelling - and the light that makes it possible. From early photographic experiments that led to the development of motion ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Virtual Telescope ViewingJoin our resident astronomers on Facebook Live and YouTube live from Chabot’s Observation deck!Each week, our astronomers will guide us through spectacular night sky viewing through Nellie, Chabot‘s most powerful telescope. Weather permitting we will be able to view objects live through the telescopes and our astronomers will be available ...
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 12/17/21
Planet Nine from Outer Space: A Status Update - LivestreamOver the course of the past two decades, observational surveys have unveiled the intricate orbital structure of the Kuiper Belt, a field of icy bodies orbiting the Sun beyond Neptune. In addition to a host of readily-predictable orbital behavior, the emerging census of trans-Neptunian objects appears to display dynamical phenomena ...
Where: Cost: Free
Free Telescope ViewingsJoin Chabot astronomers on the Observatory Deck for a free telescope viewing! Weather permitting, this is a chance to explore stars, planets and more through Chabot’s historic telescopes. Chabot’s three large historic telescopes offer a unique way to experience the awe and wonder of the Universe. Our observatory deck offers ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Saturday, 12/18/21
Passing the Baton from Hubble to Webb, A James Webb Telescope Launch PartyThe largest space telescope ever made is scheduled to launch soon! This new instrument will unveil invisible mysteries of the universe never before captured in infrared radiation from the early universe and the birth of stars to distant other worlds. Join us for an illuminating celebration with special activities, infrared ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free with admission
Free Telescope ViewingsJoin Chabot astronomers on the Observatory Deck for a free telescope viewing! Weather permitting, this is a chance to explore stars, planets and more through Chabot’s historic telescopes. Chabot’s three large historic telescopes offer a unique way to experience the awe and wonder of the Universe. Our observatory deck offers ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Tuesday, 12/21/21
Mushroom Dies - LivestreamMayumi Fujio has always enjoyed working with her hands to blend imagination into her creations. She loves learning traditional craft techniques - Ikebana, silver jewelry, ceramic art, sewing, color dying with mushroom, and knitting. Fiber art is a natural progression and botanical printing is bringing together all of the handicraft ...
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