Astronomy on Tap South Bay

Putting the Science in Science Fiction

Explore the versions of reality presented by popular scifi films! Are they based more in science or fiction?

Speaker: Nicholas Saunders, Kepler/2 Mission at NASA Ames

Understanding Strange New Worlds: Super-Earth Exoplanets and their Atmospheres

Find out how scientists perform meteorite experiments and atmospheric simulations to study exoplanets in the lab

Speaker: Margaret Thompson, UC Santa Cruz

The Volcanoes of Mars: The Key to the Past & Future of Martian Habitability

Any geologists in the house? See how volcanoes may have supportd and preserved evidence of ancient life on Mars and might just be the key to a human future beyond Earth!

Speaker: J. R. Shok, SETI