Astronomy on Tap Los Angeles has hosted over 100 monthly events since 2016, each featuring two informal public science talks by researchers from Caltech, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Carnegie Institute of Washington, The Planetary Society, UCLA, Pasadena City College, Griffith Observatory, and more.  We also include astronomy-themed pub trivia with prizes, guided stargazing with telescopes, and live rock music by Jason Achilles and Forrest Mitchell.  Many of our events are recorded, live-streamed, and available for watch on our YouTube channel.  We also host semi-regular foreign language events in Spanish and in Mandarin Chinese.

AoT LA is organized by Dr. Cameron Hummels.  For more information about our AoT schedule and related public astronomy events in LA, see our twitter feed, facebook page, instagram page, and/or our website.  To see photos and video of our previous events, check out our Flickr page, and YouTube channel.

Events

#103, September 11, 2023 (Announcement, Photos)
How Supermassive Black Holes Shape Their Host Galaxies
Why Are Stars?
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Joanna Piotrowska-Karpov, Dr. Mike Grudić

#102, August 14, 2023 (Announcement, Photos)
Cosmic Neutrinos: What can these Particles Reveal about the Universe?
Cosmic Archaeology: Uncovering the History of the Universe with Radio Astronomy
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Robert Stein, Dr. Ruby Byrne

#101, July 17, 2023 (Announcement, Photos)
Dark Energy and Dark Matter: Our Mostly Invisible Universe
From Whiteboard to Launch in Just 20 Years: a Personal Journey
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Alina Kiessling, Dr. Jason Rhodes

#100, June 12, 2023 (Announcement, Photos)
Bringing Mars to Earth
Planet Nine from Outer Space
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Laurie Leshin, Dr. Mike Brown

#99, May 15, 2023 (Announcement, Photos)
The Great Cosmic Recipe: Understanding the Universe on Large Scales
Gravitational Lensing and the Nature of Dark Matter
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Sofia Gallego, Dr. Leonidas Moustakas

#98, April 10, 2023 (Announcement, Photos)
Landing Stuff on Mars is Hard
Shake & Bake: Preparing Spacecraft for the Extreme Conditions of Launch and Space
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Rob Manning, Dr. Shannon Statham

#97, March 13, 2023 (Announcement, Photos)
Cannibal Galaxies
The Cosmic Art of Planetary Nebulae
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dee Dunne, Dr. Ben Roulston

#96, February 13, 2023 (Announcement, Photos)
How old is a star?
Shining a light on supermassive black holes
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Rocio Kiman, Dr. Peter Boorman

#95, February 10, 2023 (Announcement, Photos) – Death Valley
Not all those who wander are planets
The Solar System’s volcanic wonderland
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Max Goldberg, Dr. Katherine de Kleer

#94, January 30, 2023 (Announcement, Photos)
Rockets are awesome
Telecommuting to Mars: using rovers to explore the red planet
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Justin Foley, Tina Seeger

#93, December 12, 2022 (Announcement, Photos)
What to pack for interplanetary travel: a guide to planetary weather
Astronomical discoveries that change our civilization
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Julie Inglis, Dr. Michael Pajkos

#92, November 14, 2022 (Announcement, Photos)
How to find things that go blip in the night
Black holes and stars and gravitational waves, oh my!
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Stephanie Deppe, Dr. Nils Deppe

#91, November 11, 2022 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual 中国人
Where will we be in six billion years?
Space-based, wide-field slitless spectroscopy: past, present, and future
Hosts: Dr. Yuguang Chen, Dr. Xinnan Du
Speakers: Dr. Siyi Xu, Dr. Xin Wang

#90, October 17, 2022 (Announcement, Photos)
Stars that go boom in the night
The lost dialogue of Pluto and the fundamental nature of gravity
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Abigail Polin, Dr. Spiros Michalakis

#89, September 26, 2022 (Announcement, Photos)
Life finds a way
Not all those who wander are planets
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Ivey Davis, Max Goldberg

#88, August 22, 2022 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual En Español
Rayos Gamma del Espacio Profundo
¿Cómo los astrónomos aficionados ayudan a estudiar el sistema solar?
Hosts: Tony Rodríguez, Dr. Sofia Gallego
Speakers: Sara Coutiño de León, Rodrigo Leiva

#87, August 15, 2022 (Announcement, Photos)
Solar System vs Exoplanets: are we the weird kids in the galaxy?
Exploding exomoons
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Jennifer Burt, Dr. Apurva Oza

#86, July 11, 2022 (Announcement, Photos)
How to build a telescope in 365 days to study exoplanet atmospheres
The Deep Space Network: science from across the Solar System
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Ashley Baker, Dr. Joseph Lazio

#85, July 8, 2022 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual 中国人
Fast Radio Bursts
How to become an astronomer
Hosts: Dr. Yuguang Chen, Dr. Xinnan Du
Speakers: Dr. Dongzi Li, Guochao Sun

#84, June 22, 2022 (Announcement, Photos) – Eastern Sierra
New astronomical discoveries from Owens Valley
The Solar System’s volcanic wonderland
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Vikram Ravi, Dr. Katherine de Kleer

#83, June 15, 2022 (Announcement, Photos)
The cosmology of astronomy on tap
Exoplanet roulette: choose your fate
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Emily Rice, Dr. Jessie Christiansen

#82, June 13, 2022 (Announcement, Photos)
Cinematic astronomy with the Hubble Space Telescope
The first portrait of our Milky Way’s black hole
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Frank Summers, Dr. Katie Bouman

#81, May 23, 2022 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual
The Science of Star Trek
The Science of Star Wars
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Michael Wong, Dr. Cameron Hummels

#80, April 25, 2022 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual
How we will find the very first galaxies of all
Seeing the unseen: how astronomers probe magnetic fields in galaxies
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Ethan Siegel, Sam Ponnada

#79, March 14, 2022 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual
Cracking the Venusian code with Davinci
Putting the time in spacetime: how time-keeping has revealed the secrets of the universe
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Amy Hoffman, Max Goldberg

#78, February 28, 2022 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual
Dancing black holes
Interacting binary stars: from the computer to the universe and back
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Ron Tso, Dr. Ylva Götberg

#77, February 18, 2022 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual 中国人
Brightest stars in the sky
Surfing the tides on stars
Hosts: Dr. Yuguang Chen, Dr. Xinnan Du
Speakers: Dr. Miao Li, Linhao Ma

#76, January 24, 2022 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual
Don’t Look Up: the science of near-earth objects
Astronomy without astronomers
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Amy Mainzer, Dr. Dmitry Duev

#75, December 6, 2021 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual JWST
The search for the first galaxies with JWST
Magnifying the earliest galaxies
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Christina Williams, Dr. Justin Spilker

#74, November 8, 2021 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual JWST
Where does beer come from? JWST will tell us
Seeing exoplanets in a whole new light with JWST
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Colette Salyk, Dr. Sasha Hinkley

#73, November 1, 2021 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual En Español JWST
El Universo es una Gigantesca Telaraña
Hosts: Tony Rodríguez, Benjamin Idini
Speaker: Dr. Sofia Gallego

#72, October 25, 2021 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual
NASA’s first planetary defense mission: DART
Probing the Big Bang with the earliest gravitational waves
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Julie Bellerose, Dr. Ritoban Basu Thakur

#71, October 18, 2021 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual 中国人 JWST
A Comprehensive JWST View of the Most Distant Quasars
The Most Uninhabitable Exoplanets
Hosts: Dr. Yuguang Chen, Dr. Dongzi Li
Speakers: Dr. Jinyi Yang, Dr. Fei Dai

#70, June 14, 2021 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual 中国人
Gravitational waves: sound from deep space
Searching for stars ripped apart by black holes
Hosts: Yuguang Chen, Zhuyun Zhuang
Speakers: Dr. Yanbei Chen, Yuhan Yao

#69, June 7, 2021 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual
Using gorging supermassive black holes to illuminate distant galaxies
Exploring the universe from the south pole
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Britt Lundgren, Dr. Junhan Kim

#68, May 17, 2021 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual En Español
Enanas Marrones: Los Ornitorrincos de la Astronomía
En Busca de Mini Agujeros Negros en el Sistema Solar
Hosts: Tony Rodríguez, Benjamin Idini
Speakers: Dr. Daniella Bardalez Gagliuffi, Dr. Lluís Mas-Ribas

#67, May 10, 2021 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual
SOFIA: NASA’s flying infrared observatory
The Lunar Crater Radio Telescope on the Far Side of the Moon
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Sabrina Pakzad, Dr. Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay

#66, April 26, 2021 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual
The Search for the First Galaxies
Metals from the First Stars
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Rebecca Larson, Evan Nuñez

#65, March 29, 2021 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual 中国人
Looking for Killer Asteroids
Going to the ends of the world to discover its beginnings
Hosts: Yuguang Chen, Yuping Huang
Speakers: Dr. Quanzhi Ye, Cheng Zhang

#64, March 22, 2021 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual
Ice and Fire: how hot and cold plasma co-exist around galaxies
2021: a climate change odyssey
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Max Gronke, Laura-May Abron

#63, February 8, 2021 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual
Intergalactic Immigrants
Exploring the Virtual Universe
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Jessica Werk, Dr. Zach Hafen

#62, January 11, 2021 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual
The secret to building the biggest galaxies: cannibalism
The cosmic gold rush
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Rachel Bezanson, Dr. Igor Andreoni

#61, December 14, 2020 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual
Fantastic meteors and where to find them
What the Arrokoth (mu69) flyby teaches us about planet formation
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Auriane Egal, Dr. Andrew Youdin

#60, November 23, 2020 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual
Water on the sunlit moon
How merging stellar corpses are connected to the calcium in your bones
Hosts: Dr. Cameron Hummels, Dr. Calen Henderson
Speakers: Dr. Casey Honniball, Kishalay De

#59, October 26, 2020 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual
New Horizons and Pluto: an adventure to the outer solar system
Fast Radio Bursts: A mystery solved?
Hosts: Dr. Cameron Hummels, Dr. Calen Henderson
Speakers: Briley Lewis, Chris Bochenek

#58, September 28, 2020 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual
Mapping our solar neighborhood
The Planet Nine Hypothesis: An Update
Hosts: Dr. Cameron Hummels, Dr. Calen Henderson
Speakers: Dr. Jackie Faherty, Dr. Konstantin Batygin

#57, August 17, 2020 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual
The first stars, like, ever
Riding the waves of the universe
Hosts: Dr. Cameron Hummels, Dr. Calen Henderson
Speakers: Dr. Alexander Ji, Dr. Brittany Kamai

#56, July 20, 2020 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual
Armchair Astronomy: Exploring Mars (and Earth) from your Couch
The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover: we’re going to Mars again!
Hosts: Dr. Cameron Hummels, Dr. Calen Henderson
Speakers: Dr. Alistair Hayden, Dr. Nina Lanza

#55, June 22, 2020 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual
Extremely bright and incredibly distant: gamma ray bursts
Space rocks!
Hosts: Dr. Cameron Hummels, Dr. Calen Henderson
Speakers: Dr. Paz Beniamini, Dr. Arya Udry

#54, May 18, 2020 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual
Hunting planets with radio telescopes
The hidden universe in 3D
Hosts: Dr. Cameron Hummels, Dr. Calen Henderson
Speakers: Dr. Virginie Faramaz, Dr. Reinier Janssen

#53, April 20, 2020 (Announcement, Video) – Virtual
Alien skies through the all-seeing eye
How fast are galaxies making stars?
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Jessica Spake, Dr. Matt Orr

#52, March 9, 2020 (Announcement, Photos)
When do stars explode?
Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Boom!
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Ilaria Caiazzo, Donal O’Sullivan

#51, February 10, 2020 (Announcement, Photos)
The Harvard Computers: The women who revolutionized astronomy
Earthquakes, moonquakes, marsquakes, exoquakes?
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Rachel Theios, Dr. Men-Andrin Meier

#50, January 20, 2020 (Announcement, Photos) – Spitzer Farewell
Spitzer is the coolest telescope
Forecasting exoplanet weather with Spitzer
Revealing invisible explosions with Spitzer
Host: Dr. Calen Henderson
Speakers: Dr. Sean Carey, Dr. Tiffany Kataria, Kaew Tinyanont

#49, December 16, 2019 (Announcement, Photos)
Exploding Stars: Making the elements of our universe
How to find moons outside our solar system
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Andrew Emerick, Jackie Pezzato

#48, November 18, 2019 (Announcement, Photos)
Stellar Recipes: How to make a planet
Reaching for the Stars: The future of spaceflight
Host: Dr. Calen Henderson
Speakers: Nicole Wallack, Michael Zhang

#47, October 21, 2019 (Announcement, Photos)
NASAdena: The space exploration hotspot in your backyard
Moon Diver: Understanding the history of the Moon through a Mission to a lunar cave
Host: Shreyas Vissapragada
Speakers: Alistair Hayden, Dr. Laura Kerber

#46, September 16, 2019 (Announcement, Photos)
Light echos from around black holes
Host: Dr. Calen Henderson
Speakers: Guy Nir, Dr. Varoujan Gorjian

#45, August 19, 2019 (Announcement, Photos)
Big and small mistakes in cosmology
Capturing the sounds of Mars
Host: Nitika Yadlapalli
Speakers: Dr. Agnes Ferté, Jason Achilles

#44, July 22, 2019 (Announcement, Photos)
When planets collide: making our moon from the wreckage
Rapid transformers in the sky
Host: Dr. Calen Henderson
Speakers: Dr. Simon Lock, Dr. Amruta Jaodand

#43, June 24, 2019 (Announcement, Photos) – Westside
Summer Vacation Spots in Space
Neutrinos Fill the Sky
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Nathan Whitehorn, Briley Lewis

#42, June 17, 2019 (Announcement, Photos)
Death from Above
How NASA makes you healthier
Host: Dr. Calen Henderson
Speakers: Dr. Allison Strom, Nitika Yadlapalli

#41, May 20, 2019 (Announcement, Photos)
Pebbles on the Shore: Reconstructing Ancient Alien Habitats on Earth and Mars
A Tour of Exoplanet Discovery
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Cecilia Sanders, Lee Rosenthal

#40, April 24, 2019 (Announcement, Photos) – Eastern Sierra
The Lives of Stars
Simulating the Universe
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Mark Hodges, Dr. Cameron Hummels

#39, April 22, 2019 (Announcement, Photos)
Ringing Black Holes
What isn’t dark matter?
Host: Dr. Calen Henderson
Speakers: Matt Giesler, Dr. Shea Garrison-Kimmel

#38, March 25, 2019 (Announcement, Photos)
Tumbling Black Holes
Superpowers of Ten: How we think about extreme numbers
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Vijay Varma, Liz Landau

#37, February 25, 2019 (Announcement, Photos) – En Español
Cómo detener el paso del tiempo
Las galaxias enanas y su historia de la formación del universo
Host: Dr. Albert Izard
Speakers: Dr. Lluis Mas Ribas, Dr. Laura Sales

#36, January 28, 2019 (Announcement, Photos)
Staggering with the Stars
Interstellar Booze: What alcohol can teach us about our cosmic origins
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Marie Ygouf, Shreyas Vissapragada

#35, December 3, 2018 (Announcement, Photos)
The Multiwavelength Universe
Seeing Planets through Polarized Sunglasses
Host: Dr. Calen Henderson
Speakers: Dr. Abby Crites, Dr. Max Millar-Blanchaer

#34, November 5, 2018 (Announcement, Photos)
Using Radio Flashes to Probe Interstellar Space
Simulating the Universe
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Kathryn Plant, Dr. Cameron Hummels

#33, October 1, 2018 (Announcement, Photos)
De-Twinkling Stars to See Exoplanets
The Sky is Alive with the Sound of Music
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Vanessa Bailey, Dr. Greg Salvesen

#32, August 27, 2018 (Announcement, Photos)
Finding Life in the Galaxy
Connecting the Pale Blue Dots
Host: Dr. Calen Henderson
Speakers: Dr. Rob Zellem, Dr. Arpita Roy

#31, August 6, 2018 (Announcement, Photos)
Art and Astronomy: A Brief History of Visualizing Our Universe
How to Ride Along with the Mars Rovers
Host: Rebecca Larson
Speakers: Estevan Guzman, Emily Lakdawalla

#30, July 17, 2018 (Announcement, Photos)
The Universe in Infrared
Weekending on the Moon
Host: Dr. Calen Henderson
Speakers: Rebecca Larson, Dr. Jim Bell

#29, July 16, 2018 (Announcement, Photos)
Fantastic Stars and Where to Find Them
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dillon Dong, Sarah Blunt

#28, June 4, 2018 (Announcement, Photos)
Stars torn apart by Black Holes
Sailing on Sunlight: The LightSail Spacecraft
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Decker French, Dr. Bruce Betts

#27, May 7, 2018 (Announcement, Photos)
How do stars create gold?
Explosions in Space
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Gina Duggan, Dr. Maria Drout

#26, April 9, 2018 (Announcement, Photos)
How to Build a Star Cluster
Telescopes at the South Pole
Host: Dr. Calen Henderson
Speakers: Mike Grudic, Dr. Christine Corbett Moran

#25, March 19, 2018 (Announcement, Photos)
Creating a Planet from Scratch?
Cosmology with your Eyes Closed
Host: Dr. Rahul Patel
Speakers: Dr. Jono Squire, Dr. Vikram Ravi

#24, February 12, 2018 (Announcement, Photos)
Can Science Fiction Predict the Future?
Journey to the Center of a Star
Earth 2.0: Will we find another potential home?
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Harriet Brettle, Dr. Jim Fuller, Dr. Elizabeth Tasker

#23, January 15, 2018 (Announcement, Photos)
Stars go boom, but why?
Hacking the Galaxy to make a Gravitational Wave Antenna
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Mia de los Reyes, Dr. Stephen Taylor

#22, December 4, 2017 (Announcement, Photos)
We Are Made of Big Bang Stuff
Black Holes Don’t Suck, But They Do Like To Eat
Host: Dr. Jessie Christiansen
Speakers: Dr. Jeff Rich, Dr. Katey Alatelo

#21, November 6, 2017 (Announcement, Photos)
100 Years of the 100 Inch Telescope at Mt. Wilson
Dark Energy and the Runaway Universe
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Cindy Hunt, Dr. Andrés Plazas Malagón

#20, October 23, 2017 (Announcement, Photos)
LIGO Launches the Age of Multi-Messenger Astronomy
Stellar Marriages: A Turbulent Story
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Jameson Rollins, Dr. Nadia Blagorodnova

#19, October 9, 2017 (Announcement, Photos)
Featured in Documentary: Behind the Curve
Ode to a Lost Spaceship: Cassini at Saturn
Dismantling the Scientific Superiority Complex
Host: Dr. Calen Henderson
Speakers: Dr. Erika Hamden, Lamar Glover

#18, September 11, 2017 (Announcement, Photos)
Singing with the Stars: The Real Music of the Spheres
Twinkle Twinkle Little Galaxy: Simulating the Tiniest Star Factories
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Anders Thygesen, Dr. Coral Wheeler

#17, July 31, 2017 (Announcement, Photos)
Total Eclipse of the Sun
Fantastic Beasts of the Radio Sky
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Tiffany Meshkat, Dr. Harish Vedantham

#16, July 3, 2017 (Announcement, Photos)
The Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy
Is Our Solar System Weird?
Host: Dr. Rahul Patel
Speakers: Elena Murchikova, Dr. Erik Petigura

#15, June 12, 2017 (Announcement, Photos)
How Superman Sees the Universe
Gravity and Holes in the Abyss
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Marianne Heida, Ron Tso

#14, May 15, 2017 (Announcement, Photos)
The Truth about Black Holes
A Pub Crawl through the Trappist-1 System
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Leo Stein, Dr. Courtney Dressing

#13, April 17, 2017 (Announcement, Photos)
Simulating a Black Hole
Proxima b: Our Nearest Exoplanet
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Maria Okounkova, Dr. Devin Silvia

#12, March 13, 2017 (Announcement, Photos)
Galaxies Resisting a Violent Universe
Magnifying the Universe with Einstein’s Telescopes
Host: Dr. Calen Henderson
Speakers: Dr. Jorge Moreno, Dr. Rachael Livermore

#11, February 13, 2017 (Announcement, Photos)
Pulsars: Spinning Stellar Corpses
Galaxies Are People Too
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Anna Ho, Dr. Louis Abramson

#10, January 23, 2017 (Announcement, Photos)
The Discovery of Dark Matter
The Speed of Light is Slow
Host: Dr. Rahul Patel, Dr. Ricky Nilsson
Speakers: Dr. Johanna Teske, Dr. Adric Riedel

#9, December 12, 2016 (Announcement, Photos)
Finding the First Galaxies in the Universe
Dangerous Galaxies: Strangulation and Cannibalism
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Jordan Mirocha, Dr. Ivanna Escala

#8, November 21, 2016 (Announcement, Photos)
Astrobiology: From Molecules to Space Robots
Black Hole Jeopardy
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Ricky Nilsson, Hannalore Gerling-Dunsmore

#7, October 19th, 2016 (Announcement, Photos)
What is Dark Matter?
Meteorites on Other Planets
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Denise Schmitz, Dr. James Ashley

#6, October 18th, 2016 (Announcement, Photos)
Seeing Gravitational Wave Sources
Old Telescope Learns New Tricks
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Alex Urban, Dr. Eric Bellm

#5, October 17th, 2016 (Announcement, Photos)
Where is LIGO’s detection?
No more Twinkle Little Star
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Astrid Lamberts, Dr. Ji Wang

#4, September 26th, 2016 (Announcement, Photos)
It All Started with a Bang
Spectacular Stellar Explosions
Host: Dr. Rahul Patel
Speakers: Dr. Andreas Faisst, Dr. Ragnhild Lunnan

#3, August 22nd, 2016 (Announcement, Photos)
Galaxies with Edwin
Earth through the Looking Glass
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Marja Seidel, Dr. Calen Henderson

#2, July 25th, 2016 (Announcement, Photos)
The First Beer Came from Space
Jupiter: Exposed
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speakers: Dr. Rachael Beaton, Dr. Rahul Patel

#1, June 20th, 2016 (Announcement, Photos)
Exoplanet Roulette: Guess Your Fate
Host: Dr. Cameron Hummels
Speaker: Dr. Jessie Christiansen