You're invited to discover the New Horizons mission to Pluto!The event will feature presentations by experts about exploration and the New Horizons mission, informational booths staffed by researchers and scientists, hands-on activities and a NASA TV broadcast from New Horizons mission control.After nine years in flight, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will reach its primary mission destination to flyby the ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Got Planets? We See Them and We Can 'Make' Them!In the known universe, there are 1,931 planets orbiting other stars (source: http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/, 6/15/15), 484 multiple planet systems, and many more planet candidates awaiting confirmation. With improved detection technology and more searching missions, this total will continue to grow. Olenka Hubickyj, Ph.D., lecturer of physics and astronomy at San Jose State ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Nerd Nite North Bay #9: Sea Lion Strandings, Plant Inventions and Making Monster Movie Makeup MoviesSea Lion TsunamiSausalito's Marine Mammal Center is investigating the alarming increase in local whale and sea lion strandings to help prevent the next disaster. Learn how marine veterinarians are able to determine the exact cause of death of a multi-ton cetacean and what studies of mass strandings, biotoxins and epilepsy ...
Catalysts are the unsung heroes of chemistry: Widely used in industry, they speed up chemical reactions used to make everything from fertilizers to fuels to consumer products, and they do this by making those reactions much more efficient. Many important reactions related to global issues, such as climate change and ...
