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Our City of Astronomy Science Festival takes place this Sunday (June 14) at the Pasadena Convention Center 1-5PM. Come join us for a family-friendly afternoon of science demonstrations, solar telescopes, and public presentations, all for FREE!
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Join us this Sunday for a FREE science festival at the Pasadena Convention Center, featuring science demonstrations, solar telescopes, and presentations from scientists at Caltech, NASA JPL, Carnegie, LIGO, and more! Sunday June 14, 1-5PM. Free and open to all ages.
Join us for a FREE afternoon of science demonstrations, solar telescopes, and public-level presentations on black holes, exoplanets, galaxies, and more. Come learn about space with scientists from Caltech, NASA JPL, Carnegie, LIGO, etc. More info at:
cityofastronomy.org/
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How can we study black holes as cosmic fossils? What can we learn about black holes, neutron stars, and white dwarfs in star clusters? Join us Wed, June 17th for our 3rd Astronomy on Tap of the week featuring telescopes, pub trivia, music, and science!
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What does the night sky look like in x-rays and why? Do professional astronomers think aliens actually exist and why? Join us at 7:30PM Tuesday, June 16th for a very special Astronomy on Tap to discuss these questions for our 10th anniversary! Free to all!
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How does gas form into stars in the center of our Milky Way? How can we best experience and preserve dark skies in an age of light? Join us at 7:30PM, Monday, June 15th for our 150th Astronomy on Tap (and the first of three this week)!
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Join us for a FREE afternoon of science demonstrations, solar telescopes, and public-level presentations on black holes, exoplanets, galaxies, and more. Come learn about space with scientists from Caltech, NASA JPL, Carnegie, LIGO, etc. More info at:
cityofastronomy.org/
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How do can we photograph black holes and dark matter? Professor Katie Bouman joined us last week for an outstanding Stargazing Lecture explaining how scientists are utilizing AI to help take images of exotic astrophysical phenomena. Now on YouTube:
youtube.com/watch?v=4ZIeAVJL…
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How do scientists use AI, physics, and telescope observations to "photograph" black holes and dark matter? Join us for a lecture by Professor Katie Bouman, who helped take the first picture of a black hole.
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The NASA Artemis II mission recently visited the Moon. We hosted Sarah Elizabeth McCandless, one of the navigation engineers for the Artemis II mission to discuss the mission and what it was like behind the scenes. Now on our YouTube channel:
youtube.com/watch?v=fWDc7E59…
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Caltech Astro Outreach retweeted
The first of @CaltechAstro and DSA’s Science Fiction Film Series featured free screenings of “Interstellar” and “WALL-E”, each with a short intro on the real science behind the movies. The day also featured a visit to the 5th grade class in McGill.
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Caltech and the DSA Radio Telescope have worked with the Nevada Northern Railway to produce the Star Train, a train that travels into the Nevada desert to provide visitors with wonderful views of the night sky. It was featured in NYTimes last week:
nytimes.com/2026/05/13/trave…
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How are astronomers using AI to assist in making photographs of black holes and dark matter? Join us in 2 weeks for our next Stargazing Lecture by Professor Katie Bouman, one of the scientists who made the first images of black holes, followed by a Q&A and telescope observing.
How do scientists use AI, physics, and telescope observations to "photograph" black holes and dark matter? Join us for a lecture by Professor Katie Bouman, who helped take the first picture of a black hole.
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How do scientists use AI, physics, and telescope observations to "photograph" black holes and dark matter? Join us for a lecture by Professor Katie Bouman, who helped take the first picture of a black hole.
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Why did a lunar lander payload put a hole in the Moon? We hosted Roshan Misra from Honeybee Robotics last week to discuss his team's LISTER instrument that put a hole in the Moon. His talk is now up on our YouTube channel!
youtube.com/watch?v=dddBvVEB…
Photos by Robb Rosenfeld.
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What happened behind the scenes on Artemis II's recent journey to the Moon? Why did a recent lunar lander leave a hole on the lunar surface? Join us Monday, April 27th at 7:30PM as we discuss these topics and more at our next Astronomy on Tap.
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Join us next week for a special Astronomy on Tap all about the Moon! We'll hear from one of the NASA navigation engineers from the Artemis II mission, as well as the lead mechanical engineer for Honeybee Robotics, who recently put some instruments on the lunar surface.
What happened behind the scenes on Artemis II's recent journey to the Moon? Why did a recent lunar lander leave a hole on the lunar surface? Join us Monday, April 27th at 7:30PM as we discuss these topics and more at our next Astronomy on Tap.
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Caltech Astro scientists recently contributed to the Night of Ideas at the Wende Museum, featuring solar telescopes, solar s'mores, and a presentation by Dr. Joanna Piotrowska on black holes. Thanks for hosting us, Villa Albertine!
Photo Credit: Tag Christof
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What happened behind the scenes on Artemis II's recent journey to the Moon? Why did a recent lunar lander leave a hole on the lunar surface? Join us Monday, April 27th at 7:30PM as we discuss these topics and more at our next Astronomy on Tap.
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After 10 days in space, the NASA Artemis II mission will return to Earth today, with an expected splashdown time at 5:07PM PM PT off the coast of San Diego. Welcome back, Artemis!
You can watch the whole thing live on NASA's YouTube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR2KK8…
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Last month, we participated in the Great Orion Dark Sky Festival near Death Valley NP. We hosted solar demos and solar telescopes, astrophysicist Q&A panels, and astronomy presentations by Dr. Cameron Hummels on black holes, galaxies, and the formation of the solar system.
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