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Astronomy on Tap – Lansing – October 2017

Published by Devin Silvia

Come join us for tale of Cassini’s final plunge into Saturn and the history of the animals we shot into space in the name of Science!

We’ll hear from MSU’s very own Dr. Philipp Grete and PhD student Rachel Frisbie.

We’ll also have trivia and raffles prizes, local scientists and answers to your astronomy questions. What more could you want?

If you’ll be coming hungry, you can grab some pizza for $2 per slice or bring in something from one of your favorite Lansing restaurants.

Doors open at 7pm and the event should start around 7:30pm! As always, this is a FREE event!

We hope to see you there!

More details on Facebook!

AoT-Tucson #41: Habitable Planets @ Borderlands Brewing Co. October 18

Published by Monika Soraisam

Tucson’s local flavor of Astronomy on Tap, #SpaceDrafts, presents its 41st edition this Oct.:

Formation of Habitable Planets
&
Searching for Earths 

Join postdoc Dr. Gijs Mulders (Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, UA) and Prof. Chris Impey (Associate Dean, College of Science, UA) as they discuss making a Goldilocks planet and finding one.

October 18, 7pm, at the Borderlands Brewing Company (119 E. Toole Ave, Tucson AZ).
Click on RSVP on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/events/716826305176423/) to help us with logistics!

Where?
The Borderlands Brewing Company (119 E. Toole Ave., Tucson)

When?
Wednesday, October 18, 7pm (talks starting at 7:30pm)

RSVP?
Please! Thank you!
https://www.facebook.com/events/716826305176423/


As always, Space Drafts is FREE and open to all ages! Bring your four-legged friends too!

AoT-Tucson #40: Helios and Trojans @ Borderlands Brewing Co. September 20

Published by Monika Soraisam

Tucson’s local flavor of Astronomy on Tap, #SpaceDrafts, presents its 40th edition this Sept.:

Harvesting Solar Energy
&
Earth Trojans: the phantom asteroids 

Join graduate students Liliana Ruiz Diaz (College of Optical Sciences, UA) and Saverio Cambioni (Lunar and Planetary Laboratory) as they discuss mining the sun’s energy and hunting for near-earth phantom asteroids.

September 20, 7pm, at the Borderlands Brewing Company (119 E. Toole Ave, Tucson AZ).
Click on RSVP on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/events/1524711574263420/) to help us with logistics!

Where?
The Borderlands Brewing Company (119 E. Toole Ave., Tucson)

When?
Wednesday, September 20, 7pm (talks starting at 7:30pm)

RSVP?
Please! Thank you!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1524711574263420/


As always, Space Drafts is FREE and open to all ages! Bring your four-legged friends too!

AoT-Tucson #39: Black Holes and Supernovae @ Borderlands Brewing Co. August 16

Published by Monika Soraisam

Tucson’s local flavor of Astronomy on Tap, #SpaceDrafts, presents its 39th edition this August:

Bent Light and Black Holes
&
An Earlier Outburst Date for the Crab Nebula Supernova 

Join postdoc Dr. Aaron Zimmerman (Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astro-physics, University of Toronto), as he bends light with the help of black holes, and emeritus astronomer Dr. Helmut Abt (National Optical Astronomy Observatory), as he re-writes celestial history.

August 16, 7pm, at the Borderlands Brewing Company (119 E. Toole Ave, Tucson AZ).
Click on RSVP on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/events/258519531318185/) to help us with logistics!

Where?
The Borderlands Brewing Company (119 E. Toole Ave., Tucson)

When?
Wednesday, August 16, 7pm (talks starting at 7:30pm)

RSVP?
Please! Thank you!
https://www.facebook.com/events/258519531318185/


As always, Space Drafts is FREE and open to all ages! Bring your four-legged friends too!

Astronomy on Tap Bozeman: August 1, 2017

Published by AoT Bogota

Join us for our first Astronomy on Tap event in Bozeman, MT! We have Angela Des Jardins talking about the upcoming Solar Eclipse and Nico Yunes presenting on Black Holes, Einstein and Gravitational Waves.

Enjoy a beer at MAP Brewing (MAP Brewing Company, 510 Manley Dr., Bozeman) while learning about astronomy and testing your astro-trivia knowledge. We are starting at 6:00 PM and is open to the public and all ages.

More info at: https://www.facebook.com/AoTBozeman/

 

AoT-Tucson #38: Solar Eclipse and Pluto @ Borderlands Brewing Co. July 12

Published by Monika Soraisam

Tucson’s local flavor of Astronomy on Tap, #SpaceDrafts, presents its 38th edition this July:

Citizen CATE and the 2017 Solar Eclipse
&
Images of Pluto 

Join astronomers Dr. Matt Penn (National Solar Observatory) and Dr. Tod Lauer (National Optical Astronomy Observatory), as they talk to us about cool stuff in preparation for the solar eclipse happening this August and about the awesome shots of Pluto from the New Horizons space mission.  

July 12, 7pm, at the Borderlands Brewing Company (119 E. Toole Ave, Tucson AZ)
Click on RSVP on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/events/145229209372492) to help us with logistics!

Where?
The Borderlands Brewing Company (119 E. Toole Ave., Tucson)

When?
Wednesday, July 12, 7.00pm

RSVP?
Please! Thank you!
https://www.facebook.com/events/145229209372492/


As always, Space Drafts is FREE and open to all ages! Bring your four-legged friends too!

AoT-Tucson #37: Solar system coolness!!

Published by Gautham Narayan

This month, #SpaceDrafts (Tucson’s local flavor of Astronomy on Tap) is looking at some super cool space missions in our solar system! Rosetta and Cassini!

What’s the Coolest Space Rock???

 Join UA LPL graduate students, Cassandra Lejoly and Lea Bonnefoy, as they engage in a titanic battle to determine the coolest space mission and space rock! Rosetta or Cassini? Comets or Titan! It’s a solar system science smack down!

June 14th, 7pm, at the Borderlands Brewing Company (119 E. Toole Ave, Tucson AZ)
Click to RSVP on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/events/332703120505279/) to help us for logistics! Come hungry!

Where?
The Borderlands Brewing Company (119 E. Toole Ave., Tucson)


When?
Wednesday, June 14th, 7.00pm


RSVP?
Please! Thank you!
https://www.facebook.com/events/332703120505279/


As always, Space Drafts is FREE and open to all ages! Bring your four-legged friends too!

AoT-Tucson #36: From Cradle to the Grave!!

Published by Gautham Narayan

This month, #SpaceDrafts (Tucson’s local flavor of Astronomy on Tap) has got two big disks with big bright glowy things (technical term) in the center!
Except they are really different from each other!!

From Cradle to the Grave!! Protoplanets to Supermassive Black Holes!

 First, join Paola Pinnila (Steward Observatory) to learn about The Cradle of Planets: From Cosmic Dust to Planetismals! Then join Stephanie Juneau (National Optical Astronomy Observatory) for a trip to a much more violent and destructive environment – Supermassive Black Holes! The forecast here is Windy & Extremely Hot!

May 24th, 7pm, at the Borderlands Brewing Company (119 E. Toole Ave, Tucson AZ)
Click to RSVP on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/events/432490393796625) to help us for logistics! Come hungry!

Where?
The Borderlands Brewing Company (119 E. Toole Ave., Tucson)


When?
Wednesday, May 24th, 7.00pm


RSVP?
Please! Thank you!
https://www.facebook.com/events/432490393796625


As always, Space Drafts is FREE and open to all ages! Bring your four-legged friends too!

AoT-Tucson #35: Rocky Worlds Rock!!

Published by Gautham Narayan

This month, #SpaceDrafts (Tucson’s local flavor of Astronomy on Tap) will rock!

Climate Science… on Mars & The Rocky Worlds of TESS!!

You think Arizona summers are extreme? Join LPL grad, Jonathan Bapst, to learn about the climate on Mars. It’s a dry cold! Then, join PSI scientist and prodigious observer, Gil Esquerdo (yes, he has an asteroid named after him), to learn about the successor to the incredible Kepler Mission: NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite – TESS, and how we’re going to find tens of rocky worlds like Earth!

April 26th, 7pm, at the Borderlands Brewing Company (119 E. Toole Ave, Tucson AZ)
Click to RSVP on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/events/637541746452344/) to help us for logistics! Come hungry!

Where?
The Borderlands Brewing Company (119 E. Toole Ave., Tucson)


When?
Wednesday, April 26th, 7.00pm


RSVP?
Please! Thank you!
https://www.facebook.com/events/637541746452344/


As always, Space Drafts is FREE and open to all ages! Bring your four-legged friends too!

Astronomy on Tap – Lansing – #12 on Wednesday, August 10

Published by Devin Silvia

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Now that we’ve recovered from our 1-year anniversary, we return to the Beer Grotto on August 10th for another Astronomy on Tap! At this event, we’ll explore interesting objects in our solar system that aren’t the usual planets we know and love while also discussing the nature of planets around other stars.  Make sure you enter to win one of our awesome raffle prizes and don’t miss out on the opportunity to talk to some of the scientists that live and work in the Lansing area. Our featured speakers include recent MSU PhD graduate, Dr. Thomas Connor, and Rachel Salmon, a current PhD student in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at MSU. Come hungry, thirsty, and curious!

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