Events
Events
Upcoming
A Night in the Life of Keck Observatory
05:00 pm - 06:30 pm
GUEST SPEAKER: John O’Meara, Chief Scientist, W. M. Keck Observatory VIRTUAL ASTRONOMY TALK: You’ve seen the discoveries, but how are they made? In this presentation, we follow the process of Keck Observatory’s science, from proposal to publication. Along the way, we’ll learn how our Hawaii staff prepares the Keck I and Keck II telescopes, configures […]
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Exploring Planets Orbiting Nearby Stars
07:00 pm - 08:30 pm
GUEST SPEAKER: Courtney Dressing, UC Berkeley Assistant Professor of Astronomy ASTRONOMY TALK | The NASA Kepler mission revealed that our Galaxy is teeming with planetary systems and that Earth-sized planets are common, but most of the planets Kepler detected orbit stars that are too faint to permit detailed study. Excitingly, the NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey […]
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Where Did We Come From: A Tale About Galaxies Far, Far Away
07:00 pm - 08:30 pm
GUEST SPEAKER: Marusa Bradac, UC Davis Associate Physics Professor ASTRONOMY TALK | One of the greatest accomplishments in recent astrophysics is the creation of a model for the history of the universe. The newborn universe was a dark place until the very first galaxies lit it up. Travel at the speed of light to journey back in […]
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Universe in Reverse, the Keck Time Machines
07:00 pm - 08:30 pm
GUEST SPEAKER: Matt Malkan, UCLA Professor of Astronomy ASTRONOMY TALK | What’s new in the young universe? Shortly after the Big Bang, our universe has been measured to have been almost amazingly uniform. Fortunately for our existence, it didn’t stay that way long. The excess gravity of slightly over-dense regions slowed their expansion and eventually caused […]
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Dark Energy and the Runaway Universe
07:00 pm - 08:30 pm
GUEST SPEAKER: Alex Filippenko, Professor of Astronomy at University of California, Berkeley; Richard & Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor in the Physical Sciences; Miller Senior Fellow in the Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science ASTRONOMY TALK | We expected the attractive force of gravity to slow down the rate at which the universe is expanding. However, […]
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Shining Light on Gravity: Sometimes All That Shimmers IS Gold
07:00 pm - 08:30 pm
Gates Performing Arts Center, HPA Campus, Waimea (Kamuela, HI) Guest Speaker: Ryan Foley, Assistant Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at University of California, Santa Cruz ASTRONOMY TALK | In 1916, Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves, a radiant form of energy similar to light, but caused by gravity. A century later, scientists detected the […]
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Dragonflies, Dark Matter, and the Hunt for Ghostly Galaxies
07:00 pm - 08:30 pm
Gates Performing Arts Center, HPA Campus, Waimea (Kamuela, HI) Guest Speaker: Pieter van Dokkum, Sol Goldman Family Professor of Astronomy and Divisional Director of Physical Sciences and Engineering at Yale University ASTRONOMY TALK | They are so ghostly that you can see right through them! They look unlike any other galaxies we’ve seen before. Learn about […]
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Waimea Solar System Walk
10:00 am - 02:00 pm
W. M. Keck Observatory, in partnership with Canada France Hawaii Telescope Corporation (CFHT), and University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, present: The Annual Waimea Solar System Walk 2018 Bring your ohana to this family-friendly event for an interstellar journey, right in Waimea town! Start the walk at Keck Observatory’s Headquarters, then travel through the solar […]
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AstroDay West Hawaii
11:00 am - 03:00 pm
Join W. M. Keck Observatory and fellow Maunakea Observatories for the 2nd Annual AstroDay West in Kailua-Kona – a celebration of astronomy & community! Big Mahalo to Kona Commons, who is hosting the space at the former Sports Authority at Kona Commons for a second year in a row. In addition to many of the […]
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The Monster at the Heart of Our Galaxy
07:00 pm - 08:30 pm
Honokaa People’s Theater 45-3574 Mamane St Honokaa, HI 96727 Download Poster Guest Speaker: Andrea Ghez, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles ; UCLA Galactic Center Group Director ASTRONOMY TALK | Discover this year’s exciting new developments in unraveling the mysteries of supermassive black holes. Through 20 years of high-resolution […]
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Using Shadows to Shed New Light
07:00 pm - 08:30 pm
Gates Performing Arts Center, HPA Campus, Waimea (Kamuela, HI) Download PDF Guest Speaker: James L. Green, NASA Chief Scientist ASTRONOMY TALK | Current estimates are that over 150 million Americans viewed the Great American Solar Eclipse on August 21, 2017 with another 60 million viewing it electronically from TV or the internet. It’s amazing to […]
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