Events
Upcoming Events
Past Events
Public Telescope Viewing
Friday, Feb. 14, 2020, 8 p.m.
Tate Hall
Presentation: Room 101
Viewing: Room 510
Presenters: Gwen Elledge and Jordan Bartlett
Topic: Exoplanets
Join us on Friday nights for rooftop observing through our historic telescope in the dome of Tate Hall. There will be a presentation followed by outdoor observing (weather-permitting). You will have the chance to observe some of the same celestial objects that have inspired sky-gazers throughout history!
Public Telescope Viewing
Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, 8 p.m.
Tate Hall
Presentation: Room 101
Viewing: Room 510
Presenters: Jin-Ah Kim and Laura Salo
Topic: Betelgeuse
Join us on Friday nights for rooftop observing through our historic telescope in the dome of Tate Hall. There will be a presentation followed by outdoor observing (weather-permitting). You will have the chance to observe some of the same celestial objects that have inspired sky-gazers throughout history!
Karlis Kaufmanis Lecture
Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, 7 p.m.
Coffman Theater
Directions/parking for Coffman Memorial Union
300 Washington Ave. S.E., MPLS, MN 55455
Cosmic Gold: Neutron Star Mergers, Gravitational Waves, and the Origin of the Elements
Dr. Eliot Quataert
Professor
UC Berkeley
Scientists have recently developed a new way to ‘see’ the universe, using gravitational waves predicted by Einstein nearly a century ago. These waves can teach us about some of the most exotic objects known, including dead stars known as black holes and neutron stars. Remarkably, they have also helped solve a longstanding puzzle about where in the Universe some of the elements we know and love here on Earth are produced, including uranium, platinum, and even gold. Eliot Quataert will describe the exciting and remarkable new results coming out of our first steps into this new era.