Ah mid March, what a wonderful time of year. Spring is around the corner, the green river is imminent, and of course, there’s Pi Day! Observed on the 14th of March (aka 3.14) this day also happens to be the day Einstein was born! Join AoT for a special joint Pi Day/Birthday Bash, where we […]
Astronomy on Tap returns to DC9 Club on pi day! Our talk line-up for the evening: Explosive Tales of Collapsing Stars - Sarah Gossan (NASA GSFC) Active Galaxies: Monsters of the Deep (Space) - Travis Fischer (Space Telescope Science Institute) Finding the First Stars with Cosmic Telescopes - Brian Welch (NASA GSFC) Reserve your free […]
Come learn about astronomy from local astronomers! Play games, earn prizes, and learn about the latest happenings in the night sky. We’ll be discussing the cosmic microwave background, the dark matter in our early universe, and more.
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 […]
New month, new event in Philly! Let's get together and learn about the earliest stars in the universe, and the intersection of space and policy! Speakers: Dr. Jose Maria (UPenn): Discovering the Farthest Stars in the Universe with Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes Dr. Benjamin Schmitt (UPenn): Geopolitical Competition in Orbit? How Transatlantic Diplomacy can secure Low […]
Cancelled Our next event will feature Robin Bernhardt, a PhD student at the Universität zu Köln. Title: "Powered by the stars: solar energy in the past, present, and future" Summary: "For more than 3 billion years, living organisms use the sun as an important energy source. Solar energy in the form of photosynthesis nourishes plants […]
A rocket slumps into a bar, and collapses on a stool. Bartender says "what're you having?" The rocket, all haggard and downtrodden, says, "It's been a lousy day man, I was grounded. Got anything uplifting?" <rimshot.wav> Yes! This month, Astronomy on Tap in NYC is on 3/21, and what better way to celebrate than talking […]
Join us for our March 2023 Madison, WI edition of Astronomy on Tap! We will have a fun night full of out-of-this-world astronomy content including short talks spanning from the wild lives of hungry, hungry black holes, and the jiggly underworld of stars, to the highest energy astronomical plasmas across our universe! In addition, we’ll […]
We're back everyone, your favorite local space nerds! 😎 Come on back out to Oviedo Brewing Company starting at 7PM on Tuesday, March 21st for our fifth Astronomy on Tap - Orlando event, where you can hear us talk all about our Solar System's most glamorous planet, Saturn! We liked it so much we decided to […]
AoT Gothenburg is back at Pitcher’s Majorna on Tuesday, 21 March 2023. Doors open at 19:00 CET with the first talk starting at 19:30 CET. This time Andri Spilker (Chalmers) will show you how stars bloom in the Milky Way and Emil Fransson (Chalmers) will need your help in searching for his missing energy! As […]
