Interested in the big questions about the cosmos?
The
University of Missouri-Columbia
Department of Physics & Astronomy,
in conjunction with the
Central Missouri Astronomical Association ,
presents:
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The Laws Observatory will be open following each presentation for viewing of the night-time sky (weather permitting). In addition, the Stankowski Field lights will be switched off to improve the view!.
SCHEDULE Spring 2013
DATE |
Speaker |
Title |
February 6th |
Val Germann |
Telescopes, Optics and the Renovation of the Laws Observatory 16-inch 'Scope |
March 6th |
Lanika Ruzhitskaya |
Women in Astronomy |
April 3rd |
Mike Urban |
Global Warming, Climate Change, and Impacts on the US |
May 1st |
Matt Connolly |
IGERT Neutron Scattering Talks |
If you would like to see an example of what these talks are like,
here is Angela Speck talking about Pluto's Demise and Resurrection
And another where she is taking about Why Astrology is Nonsense
More videos will be available soon!
Past talks
David Arrant |
A Tour through the constellationsSaturn: Lord of the Rings |
Sean Baldridge |
The Elusive Neutrino |
Michael Barnes |
Dog Stars and Divine Hunters: Heavenly Bodies in Early Greek Poetry and Myth. |
Larry Brown |
Cosmic Reflections on the Cultural Landscape |
Dan Caputo |
Spaghettification, and other ways the universe is trying to kill you. |
Caitlin Casey |
20th Century Telescopes: |
Signe Cohen |
The Infinite Order: Religion and Astronomy in Ancient India. |
Adrian Corman |
Lives & Deaths of Stars |
Nelson De Souza |
One Small Step: Building The Distance Ladder |
Cori Fletcher |
The History of Radio Astronomy |
Val Germann |
Rooftop Sky TourWhat's Up: the night sky for the Winter/Spring semester
Telescopes: How they work and what you can see with them |
Rainer Glaser |
Prebiotic synthesis of biological molecules in interstellar space |
Linda Godwin |
Exploring Space from Low Earth Orbit: Where to we go from here? |
Suklima Guha Niyogi |
The Lives of Stars |
Aaron Kaberline |
Habitable Exoplanets and the Goldilocks Zone |
Craig Kleuver |
A Personal History of NASA Projects |
Phil Knocke |
Curiosity and Spirit: Missions to Mars |
Harrison Knoll |
Will you explode in space and other movie myths |
Melanie Koehler |
The Orion Nebula |
ShunLin Liang |
The Sun, Our Star |
Ken MacLeod |
It Came from Outer Space: Recent controversies regarding the K/T boundary |
Bahram Mashhoon |
The fate of the universe |
Arielle Newgard |
Islam and the Moon |
Rita Reed |
Night-time Photography |
Mark Smith |
Was Galileo Really a Martyr for Scientific Truth? |
Angela Speck |
Planetary Nebulae - beauty in stellar deathAre we really gonna die? Myths about the end of the world and the Mayans have to do with it Pluto's Demise and Resurrection
Nuclear processes in the cosmos Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Moon, But Were Afraid to Ask The rabbit in the moon and other lunar myths |
Josh Tartar |
Dust, Dirt and Debris in the Solar System |
Carsten Ullrich |
Anthropic principle and multiverses |
Todd vanPool |
Man and Woman Circle the Hearth: Archaeoastronomy in the American Southwest |
Giovanni Vignale |
The Distance of the Moon: |
Mark Volkmann |
Is the moon made of cheese? Misconceptions in Astronomy |
Alan Whittington |
Armageddon: Meteorite ImpactsMars! |
Haojin Yan |
HST, JWST and why they are important |
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