Get ready for a great night of beer and space! We’ll have two UC Davis physics and astronomy graduate students giving talks. Jean Donet will speak about weak lensing, and Prayaag Katta will tell us about black holes! As always, we will have Astronomy in the news, and chances to win a fresh batch of […]
Join us at 7:30PM PDT, Monday, April 10th for an in-person Astronomy on Tap at the outdoor Dog Haus Biergarten in Old Town Pasadena. We’ll hear from NASA JPL's Chief Engineer Rob Manning: "Landing Stuff on Mars is Hard," and NASA JPL engineer Shannon Statham: "Shake & Bake: Preparing Spacecraft for the Extreme Conditions of […]
Humble Sea Brewing Co. 820 Swift St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Thursday April 20, 6:30 pm Speakers: Madelyn Broome & Arcelia Hermosillo Ruiz In 1995, the first exoplanet-planet orbiting another star- was discovered around a sun-like star. Everything we knew about planet formation and evolution was informed by our solar system until then. Fast forward […]
Join us at 7:30PM PDT, Monday, May 15th for our next Astronomy on Tap at the outdoor Dog Haus Biergarten in Old Town Pasadena. We’ll hear from Caltech Astronomer Dr. Sofia Gallego: "The Great Cosmic Recipe: Understanding the Universe on Large Scales," and JPL Scientist Dr. Leonidas Moustakas: "Gravitational Lensing and the Nature of Dark Matter." […]
Get ready for a great night of beer and space! We’ll have two UC Davis physics and astronomy folks giving talks. PhD student Rodrigo Stancioli will speak about merging galaxy clusters and the nature of dark matter, and Researcher Dr. Sam Schmidt will present on how the Distance Ladder enables us to measure cosmic distances. […]
Join us at 7:30PM PDT, Monday, June 12th for our 100th Astronomy on Tap at the outdoor Dog Haus Biergarten in Old Town Pasadena. We’ll hear from the Director of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Dr. Laurie Leshin: "Bringing Mars to Earth," and Caltech Professor and Pluto-Killer Dr. Mike Brown: "Planet Nine from Outer Space." […]
Get ready for a great night of beer and space! We have two fantastic speakers lined up, both graduate students in the UC Davis Departement of Earth and Planetary Sciences. PhD student Nathalie Niepagen will talk about how noble gases can help us learn about the early history of Earth's formation, while PhD student Megan […]
Join us at 7:30PM PDT, Monday, July 17th for Astronomy on Tap at the outdoor Dog Haus Biergarten in Old Town Pasadena. We’ll hear from NASA Research Scientist Dr. Alina Kiessling: "Dark Energy and Dark Matter: Our Mostly Invisible Universe," and NASA Research Scientist Dr. Jason Rhodes: "From Whiteboard to Launch in Just 20 Years: […]
Join us at 7:30PM PDT, Monday, August 14th for Astronomy on Tap at the outdoor Dog Haus Biergarten in Old Town Pasadena. We’ll hear from Caltech Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Ruby Byrne: "Cosmic Archaeology: Uncovering the History of the Universe with Radio Astronomy," and Caltech Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Robert Stein: "Cosmic Neutrinos: What can these Particles […]
Get ready for a great night of beer and space! We have two fantastic speakers lined up, both graduate students in the UC Davis Departement of Physics & Astronomy. PhD student Yize Dong will talk about how we search for supernovae and other transient phenomena in the Universe, while PhD student Sunny Rhoades will discuss […]