TEDx Kamuela
Our very own Greg Wirth and Jason Chin will be be two of the presenters at this first-ever TEDx event at the Kahilu Theatre. Please go to: http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/12052 for tickets and more information.
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Cosmic Movie: Particle Fever
DOORS OPEN AT 6:00p MOVIE STARTS AT 6:30pFor the first time, a film gives audiences a front row seat to a significant and inspiring scientific breakthrough as it happens. Particle Fever follows six brilliant scientists during the launch of the Large Hadron Collider, marking the start-up of the biggest and most expensive experiment in the history of […]
Astronomy Talk: A Deep View on the Early Universe, Extreme Makeovers and Overweight Galaxies
As the building blocks of the Universe, galaxies are massive structures that can contain trillions of stars. Galaxies in today’s Universe show a striking diversity among their properties, with large variations in their appearance, age, size, weight, and stellar birth rate. Despite this diversity, galaxies can broadly be divided into two types: low-mass spiral galaxies […]
Live From Keck Observatory: The Supermassive Black Hole
Join us for a rare look into an observing run at the W. M. Keck Observatory, home of the two largest and most scientifically productive telescopes on Earth. Both of the mighty 10-meter Keck Observatory telescopes will be steered by UCLA’s Andrea Ghez and her team of observers from the UCLA Galactic Center Group for two […]
Astronomy Talk: First Light in the Universe, The End of the Cosmic Dark Ages
This Cosmic Video was produced from the June 19, 2014 Astronomy Talk given at Kahilu Theatre. The original description is below:In the first several hundred million years after the Big Bang, the Universe was too hot for stars and galaxies to form. As the Universe cooled and its expansion slowed, gravity caused the first stars […]
Astronomy Talk: Zooming into the Center of our Galaxy with Keck Observatory
The Galactic Center Group at UCLA has used the W. M. Keck Observatory for the past two decades to observe the center of the Milky Way at the highest angular resolution possible. This work established the existence of a supermassive black hole at the heart of our Galaxy. In this talk, Dr. Leo Meyer, Research […]
Keep Looking Up: Total Lunar Eclispe
People in Hawaii are in prime position to view a total lunar eclipse tonight—one of two expected this year. After the full moon rises at sunset tonight, the eclipse will start just 11 minutes later, at 6:53 pm, but you won’t see any changes. The partial phase will begin at about 7:53 pm making the moon […]
Astronomy Talk: Examining the Planet-Forming Zone Around New Stars
W. M. Keck Observatory astronomer Greg Doppmann will give a talk on circumstellar disks that surround newly formed stars. The inner regions of such disks are where rocky, and perhaps Earth-like planets are believed to form. Searching these planet-forming environments for compounds that promote life, such as water and organic molecules, is the focus of […]
Live From Keck: Hunt for the Cosmic Dark Ages
Join us for a rare look into an observing run at the W. M. Keck Observatory, home of the two largest and most scientifically productive telescopes on Earth. Caltech’s Dr. Richard Ellis and his team of astronomers will spend two nights on Keck I with the instrument MOSFIRE attempting to look back into the Cosmic Dark Ages and […]
Astronomy Talk: The Search for Other Earths
Andrew Howard, astronomer from the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy, will give an illuminating talk about the hunt for exoplanets and the quest for another Earth. Since 1995, more than 3,000 exoplanets have been discovered. Many of these planets look nothing like the planets of our Solar System — strange orbits, unusual compositions, and unknown […]
Live from Keck: Comet ISON Observing Run
07:30 am – 08:30 am Pacific 10:30 am – 11:30 am EasternJoin us for a rare look into an observing run at the W. M. Keck Observatory, home of the largest and most scientifically productive telescopes on Earth.In the Keck II remote observing room Dr. Carey Lisse, who is overseeing NASA’s Comet ISON observation programs, will […]
Astronomy Talk: The Wonder of Comet ISON, A Relic From the Beginning of the Solar System
Dr. Carey Lisse, head of NASA’s Comet ISON Observation Campaign, will present a timely talk on how and when comets were formed, and where they come from. Also a Senior Research Scientist with Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Lisse will relate how comets may have helped start life on the Earth, and also how they may have ended […]