Observations in support of the DART mission: Understanding the Didymos-Dimorphos binary systemThe binary near-Earth asteroid (65803) Didymos is the target of NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission, the first demonstration of asteroid deflection by a kinetic impactor. The DART spacecraft will impact Dimorphos (the secondary in the Didymos system) in late September 2022 and modify its orbit through momentum transfer. ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
First Friday: RainbowsHow are rainbows formed? What is the meaning behind their bright colors in the LGBTQ+ community? Activities, community partners and demonstrations highlight the rainbow as both a phenomenon in nature and an important symbol for LGBTQ+ Pride.Â
Where: OaklandCost: $15 General, $10 kids/seniors, $5 members
Astronomy Talk - LivestreamSan Mateo Astronomical Society Annual Meeting and ElectionSpeaker: Dr. Norm Nasise, Starchaserz.org
Road to a Livable Climate - Bike and Walk for the Planet! Oakland Goes Green Walk4.5 mile walk with route featuring historic Downtown Oakland, adaptive reuse buildings, public transportation, energy retrofits, and more.The science is clear - climate change is here, and it's not pretty. Droughts, wildfires, storms, floods, sea level rise - you name it. The good news is that we ...
Where: OaklandCost: $35
Gravitational Waves: The Discovery that Won the Nobel Prize - LivestreamOn September 14, 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) received the first confirmed gravitational wave signals. Now known as GW150914, the event represents the coalescence of two distant black holes that were previously in mutual orbit. LIGO's exciting discovery provides direct evidence of what is arguably the last major ...
Artist: While Album EnsembleAstronomy Speaker: Dr. Shelley Wright is a faculty member at UC San Diego at the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences. Her research focuses on developing innovative astronomical instrumentation and observations using some of the world’s largest optical telescopes. She is the Project Scientist for one of ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $55 General, $95 Preferred
Sunday, 06/05/22
Road to a Livable Climate - Bike and Walk for the Planet! This 3.5 walking loop route features the Napa Flood Control Project and Oxbow Commons, Fuller park, green building examples, tree canopy, infrastructure improvements, and local climate action highlights.The science is clear - climate change is here, and it’s not pretty. Droughts, wildfires, storms, floods, sea level rise… you name it. ...
The magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ), a device comprised of two ferromagnetic electrodes with a thin (~1nm) insulating tunnel barrier in between, was first proposed in a Ph.D. thesis by Michel Jullière in 1975 and reached widespread commercialization nearly 30 years later as the read sensor in hard disk drives. MTJs ...
Prof. Raffaella Margutti will share how new capabilities to study the night sky have led to recent discoveries and new ways to think about the universe around us. Astronomical transients are events that appear and disappear in the sky and are signs of catastrophic events in space, including the most extreme ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
Supermassive black holes remain some of the most elusive engines in our Universe. However, after decades of observations and over 1 million of them cataloged, certain aspects of their formation and growth still remain unknown. Combining large amount of observational data with state-of-the-art computer simulations, we are slowly unraveling the ...
Where: Cost: Free
Wednesday, 06/08/22
Exploring the Future of CybersecurityCybersecurity has become a central part of the discussion on how we work, live and communicate as a society. It is not just confined to the world of IT and digital technologies anymore. During one of the largest conferences about cybersecurity, the RSA Conference in San Francisco this ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
June LASER Event - LivestreamSarah Cole (Columbia University) on "James Joyce's Ulysses at 100"Register at weblink to receive connection information
During times of a changing climate, how can we ensure fair and resilient solutions for everyone? Sea level rise, drought, heat waves and wildfires will impact Bay Area communities in the coming years. Violet Saena will talk about addressing these climate issues in an equitable way. Violet, Founder and Executive ...
Join The Leakey Foundation for a free virtual event featuring Dan Lieberman, Harvard human evolutionary biologist, in conversation with Evan Hadingham, Senior Science Editor for PBS’s NOVA series. They explore some of the most exciting and groundbreaking surprises revealed by human origins research.Over the past fifty years, researchers have made ...
Will you go to prom with us? Bust out your powder blue suit and best merfolk attire - we’re celebrating World Oceans Day under the sea. Strike a pose at the photo booth, craft your own prom accessories, and dance the night away to a special guest performance.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $18 - $16 depending on entrance time
After Dark: Pride - Unheard StoriesIn honor of Pride Month, join us in celebrating LGBTQ+ heritage and culture. Tonight, we come together to share unheard stories, past and present - stories of LGBTQ+ identities, histories, resilience, and achievements. Everyone is welcome. We invite you to share your story with us.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Every autumn, billions of birds migrate thousands of kilometers from their breeding grounds to more favorable environments. Migrations of raptors and songbirds often overlap in space and time, creating predator-prey interactions that shape behaviors and migration strategies. However, the wide-ranging movements of a migrating avian community make specific ecological interactions ...
It is sometimes claimed that trying to convince a science denier with facts will only backfire. The latest research, however, shows that this is mistaken and that there ARE effective techniques that can be used to keep someone from becoming a science denier and even help them to overturn mistaken ...
 Sometimes, bigger is better. The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) will collect 9 times more light than the largest currently existing telescope and, with adaptive optics, make images 9 times sharper. Overall, that’s 81 times better! The TMT International Observatory (with members from the US, Japan, China, India, & Canada), together ...
