Why Do We Exist? The Nine Realms of the Universe that Make You Possible
Video | 4 months ago
Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi, CEO, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, "Why Do We Exist? The Nine Realms of the Universe that Make You Possible" May 20, 2026 In his new book, Why Do We Exist, Dr. Oluseyi suggests that the story of our existence can be told as a pass...
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The NASA Psyche mission: First Journey to an Unknown World
Video | 5 months ago
Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, "The NASA Psyche mission: First Journey to an Unknown World" Apr. 8, 2026 The NASA Psyche mission is on its way to orbit a small but immensely ancient world in our...
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Pictures of Distant Worlds
Guide | 6 months ago
"Pictures of Distant Worlds" Dr. Bruce Macintosh (University of California Observatories) Mar. 11, 2026 In the past three decades, more than 6000 planets have been discovered orbiting other stars. Advances in technology have allowed a handful of giant plane...
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New Developments in Understanding Dark Energy
Review | 8 months ago
“New Developments in Understanding Dark Energy" Dr. Robert Kirshner (Director, 30-meter Telescope Observatory) Jan. 28, 2026 One hundred years ago, Edwin Hubble showed that the universe is expanding. In the 1990s, astronomers found that the expansion is not...
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The Search for Life on Saturn’s Intriguing Moon Enceladus
Video | 10 months ago
In 2005, NASA's Cassini spacecraft made a groundbreaking discovery—it found massive plumes of ice and gas erupting from the south pole of Enceladus, a small but geologically-active moon of Saturn. These plumes are now believed to originate from a subsurface...
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The New Vera C. Rubin Observatory: Surveying the Universe
Review | 11 months ago
The amazing Vera Rubin Observatory is a unique astronomy facility just built in Chile, with the largest digital camera in the world, designed to provide a time-lapse “movie” of the entire sky from the Earth’s southern hemisphere. Over its planned ten years ...
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Science at the Edge of the Solar System: Uncovering the Secrets of the Pluto System and Arrokoth
Video | 1 years ago
"Science at the Edge of the Solar System: Uncovering the Secrets of the Pluto System and Arrokoth" Dr. Oliver White May 28, 2025 Ten years ago, the New Horizons spacecraft flew by the Pluto system and revealed an unexpectedly diverse range of landscapes on ...
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New Worlds: Analyzing the Atmospheres of Exoplanets with the James Webb Space Telescope
Video | 1 years ago
Prof. Jonathan Fortney (U. of California, Santa Cruz) Apr. 9, 2025 Over 6000 planets have now been found around other stars, but we only have information about what their atmospheres are like for a few dozen. NASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST...
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Copernicus 4.0: How the Views of Earth's Importance and the Search for Life are Changing.
Video | 1 years ago
Mar. 5, 2025 Dr. Simon Steel (SETI Institute) Copernicus 4.0 Dr. Steel discusses the Copernican revolution and how it changed humanity's view of its place in the universe. He then talked about other "Copernican" discoveries that displaced us from a central ...
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Real-Time Collaborative Science Decisioning Systems for Moon to Mars human-robotic exploration.
Video | 1 years ago
Jan. 29, 2025 Dr. Darlene Lim (NASA Ames Research Center) NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) is a planned mission to go to the South Pole of the Moon and get a close-up view of the locations that can sustain water ice – ice that ...
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Observing with the James Webb Space Telescope: Glimpsing the First Stars
Video | 1 years ago
Nov. 13, 2024 Dr. Dan Coe (Space Telescope Science Institute) Observing with the James Webb Space Telescope: Glimpsing the First Stars The Webb Telescope was designed to look back in time, to study the first generation of stars, and reveal our cosmic origin...
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Profound and Staggering: The Impact on Religion of the Discovery of Life around Other Stars
Review | 1 years ago
Recorded Oct. 9, 2024 Astronomers have now discovered thousands of planets in orbit around other stars. Dr. Weintraub discusses those discoveries, and predicts the progress astronomers are likely to make in their more detailed studies of these planets over ...
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