Join us at 7:30PM PST, Monday, February 28th for a virtual Astronomy on Tap, streamed over YouTube Live. We’ll hear from Ron Tso: “Dancing Black Holes” and from Dr. Ylva Götberg: “Interacting Binary Stars: From the Computer to the Universe and Back”. In addition, we will host interactive, astronomically-themed pub trivia. The event is free […]
For our next event, we will be back at Grandcafé De Burcht (Burgsteeg 14, 2312 JS Leiden) on Monday 28 February at 20:00 CET. Join us for an evening of informal astronomy, fun games, and great beer. Laura Hayes and Rob Kavanagh will tell us about the Sun and the evolution of stars. Laura Hayes: "The Active […]
Join as David Calvert (NC State) talks about neutrinos and what they can tell us about supernovae. Then, Alex Sobotka (UNC-CH) will teach us about the Big Bang and clear up some common misconceptions regrading the theory. Make sure to show up on time so you don't miss out on some astronomy trivia!
"Rubin's Galaxy": Hubble Observations of a Gentle Giant Spiral Benne Holwerda, U. Louisville UGC 2885 was discovered to be the most extended disk galaxy by Vera Rubin in the 1980's. It is close enough for HST observations to resolve the globular cluster population. This galaxy is a substantially more extended and massive disk than any […]
*RESCHEDULED TO 3/3 DUE TO WEATHER* Join us IN-PERSON at 6pm on Thursday, 3/3 for Astronomy on Tap at the Literary Bookstore and Bar! University of Illinois graduate students Kedar Phadke will be talking about the recently launched James Webb Space telescope: "The James Webb Space Telescope" with Kedar Phadke The James Webb Space Telescope […]
This event will stream live from Astronomy on Tap Kingston! Tune in to hear the different methods astronomers use to study the cosmos. The evening will feature Space News, exciting trivia, and three fantastic scientists: Alvine Kamaha (UCLA), Arnaud Michel (Queen's), and Stéphane Courteau (Queen’s). We will have lots of time for questions with the […]
It has been a while, but we are back with our first event of the year. This time we will hear all about dark matter from Prof. Dr. Pavel Kroupa, who is a professor at the Argelander Institut für Astrophysik in Bonn. He will be giving a brief summary of how physicists concluded that there […]
Astronomy on Tap is a (FREE) series of events aimed at making the latest research in astronomy and space accessible to the public, with fun talks given in simple ENGLISH, and quiz, and plenty of time for mingling between our speakers and guests. Astronomy is the oldest science there is. And during that it's long […]
How do you find radio stars and exoplanets? In this premiere Dr Joe Callingham from Leiden University explains how and also gives us a flavour of their unique discovery! Dr Joe Callingham is an Australian astrophysicist based at Leiden University, where he is a Veni Fellow. He completed his PhD at the University of Sydney […]
Join us at 7:30PM PST, Monday, March 14th for a virtual Astronomy on Tap, streamed over YouTube Live. We’ll hear from Dr. Amy Hoffman: “Cracking the Venusian Code with DAVINCI” and from Max Goldberg: “Putting the Time in Spacetime: How Time-Keeping has Revealed the Secrets of the Universe”. In addition, we will host interactive, astronomically-themed […]
Tucson’s local flavor of Astronomy on Tap, Space Drafts, presents its 74th edition featuring Professor Chris Impey and a very special trivia event! Our Future Off-Earth – Chris Impey & Space Drafts Presents: Astronomy Trivia On tap this month, we have Professor Chris Impey from Steward Observatory telling us about the past, present, and future […]
Our next event is coming up on Friday, 18th March from 6-8pm at Sudwerk Brewing Co.! Since the event is in-person, Covid-19 vaccination and indoor masking will be required. We'll have talks by two incredible Ph.D. students from the UC Davis department -- come by to learn about dark matter as well as the […]
Join us at the Grand Stafford Theater for the 45th installation of Astronomy on Tap BCS! We'll have talks by Micalyn Rowe on "Space Cows: Our Solar System's Moooooooons" and Jonathan Cohn on "Supermassive Black Holes: Galactic Monsters and their Lairs." We will also have the usual assortment of trivia, Astronomy in the News by […]
Mark your calendars because Astronomy on Tap Taipei will happen on Friday, March 25th! Dr. Sascha Zeegers and Dr. Alex Teachey will talk about the importance of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to galactic and extragalactic astronomy, as well as planetary science. The event will take place at Ooh Cha Cha. It will be bilingual […]
Lutz Haberzettl, U. Louisville Venus is the nearest planet to Earth, but the last American mission to it was launched a third of a century ago in 1989. Since then, missions from other countries and ground-based observations have revealed it to be more mysterious than ever, and it is the subject of much renewed interest. […]
Our next event will take place on Monday 28 March at Koetshuis de Burcht (Burgsteeg 13, 2312 JR Leiden) at 20:00 CEST! This month we celebrate the 5th anniversary of Astronomy on Tap Leiden! To gauge the number of people attending so that we can order enough snacks for everyone, please register at https://aotleiden.eventbrite.nl/ (not required for entry). Join us for a night of […]
Welcome to the greatest science talks in Baton Rouge! Come check out the fantastic speakers that have come to give us great talks from the comfort of your own home! Birds in Space: A Story of Flight and Navigation Anna Hiller Anna will discuss how birds navigate using cues from space, and how they respond […]
We are very excited to announce that AoTBonn is back on 29th March at 19:00! Join us in two weeks, for our first 2022 event in Fiddlers Pub! We have Christos Karoumpis talking about "SETI: Searching for extraterrestrial intelligence in the age of conspiracy theories" and Dr Lucas Porth will tell us about "‘Von krummen […]