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Join Chabot’s astronomers, with Gerald McKeegan & Don Saito on Facebook Live for a short tour of May’s nighttime sky. Learn to recognize many of this month’s constellations and bright stars, and even learn a little about celestial navigation! To receive a notification when the talk begins, make sure to “Like” the Chabot Space and Science Center Facebook page. Use the following links to view the livestream: ... more

Astronomers now know of thousands of worlds orbiting other stars in our galaxy. These so-called “exoplanets” are surprisingly diverse, spanning giant planets with super-heated atmospheres to small rocky worlds with rock vapor in their air. These findings are all leading up to the discovery everyone is waiting for - another planet like our own! Meet an Astronomer welcomes guest astronomer, Dr. Tyler Robinson, Assistant Professor at Northern Arizona University.

In celebration of Hubble’s birthday, this month, Dr. Jasleen Matharu will talk about how the Hubble Deep Field revolutionized astronomy, followed by Dr. Casey Papovich, who will talk about all the science we’ve done with the Hubble Space Telescope! There will also be trivia! For more information: RSVP here, and follow us on Facebook , Twitter, and Instagram! Event starts at 5PM Seattle time. When?: Wednesday, May 20. The event begins at 5pm Seattle time. Where?: Astronomy ... more

Join NASA Solar System Ambassador Mark Guillette in a YouTube Live event with interactive chat feature. Go to Marks youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/mjguillette/videos for the live feed.There will be a short discussion of the historic Apollo and Space Shuttle programs, followed by a look at some of the current missions including Hubble and Mars 2020, ending with some upcoming programs and missions including the SLS rocket and Orion capsule and the James Web Telescope. Q&A ... more

Wide stellar binaries are double stars with separations of more than 100 times the Earth-Sun distance. Because they are born as siblings and yet are only weakly bound to each other, they are crucial tools for astronomers wishing to study how stars are born, how they move around the Galaxy and how they interact with other stars or with dark matter. Lowell Observatory Predoctoral Associate Zach Hartman will describe how his team has discovered over 100,000 wide stellar binaries using new ... more