The 100 Earths Project is, simply put, a search for 100 Earth-like planets in the Sun’s neighborhood. Despite its straightforward description, this quest is not an easy one, and presents some serious engineering problems to today’s technology. Find out more from this lecture!
AAA members Irene Pease and Stanley Fertig visited Dr. Daniel Wolf Savin’s astrochemistry laboratory in Irvington, NY, find out what they discovered!
Visitors to Columbia University’s Pupin Hall were treated to a far-ranging lecture by Dr. David Kipping on the detection of alien civilizations. Find out more here.
Peter Tagatac and Board member Stanley Fertig attended a SETI Institute event hosted by the New York Explorers Club. See what they found here!
What are black holes? How do they evolve? How do we find them? And what happens to them when their host galaxies merge? These are the questions addressed by Dr. Jenny Greene on October 27 in her talk entitled Cosmic Mergers & Acquisitions.
Ultraviolet light is known for its use in detecting counterfeit money, fluorescing rocks and bug zappers, as well as causing sunburn. But UV light can also give us a different view of the universe via space telescopes designed to function in that part of the spectrum. At Columbia University’s Pupin Hall on November 2nd, Steven Mohammed summarized the history and science of ultraviolet astronomy.
Who doesn’t love a vacation? If you’re the exploring type, who loves a trip to remote exotic locales, you might wish to consider a space
What’s in a name? On Friday evening, October 5, at Columbia University’s Pupin Hall, Paige Godfrey gave some answers to that question, along with a
What is today’s date? Well, depending on which calendar you use, that could be an interesting discussion. On Friday evening, September 21, 2018—based on the
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