Category: Events

Speaker: Dr Bart De Pontieu

Presentation on February 7, 8:00pm PST in the CSM Planetarium Speaker: Dr. Bart De Pontieu, Solar Physicist Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center Unraveling the Mysteries of the Sun’s Atmosphere Free and open to the public. Free Parking in nearby lots. The Sun, our nearest star, is more than just a blazing […]

Speaker: Prof. Darryl Stanford

Presentation on September 6, 8:00pm PST in the CSM Planetarium Speaker: Prof. Darryl Stanford, Astronomy Professor College of San Mateo Planetarium Show – The Sky Tonight Plus Fulldome Showing of the movie: Unveiling the Invisible Universe Free and open to the public. Free Parking in nearby lots. Tonight SMCAS will be treated to a special […]

Speaker: Dr Edward Balaban

Presentation on November 1, 8:00pm PST in the CSM Planetarium Speaker: Dr. Edward Balaban, Research Scientist NASA Ames Research Center Fluidic Telescope (FLUTE): Enabling the Next Generation of Large Space Observatories Free and open to the public. Free Parking in nearby lots. The future of space-based UV/optical/IR astronomy requires ever larger telescopes. The highest priority […]

Speaker: Brian Coltin

Presentation on October 4, 8:00pm PST in the CSM Planetarium Speaker: Dr. Brian Coltin, Roboticist NASA Ames Intelligent Robotics Group Astrobee! The ISS Robotic Free Flyer Free and open to the public. Free Parking in nearby lots. The Astrobees are free-flying robots that operate inside the International Space Station (ISS) and were launched to the […]

Speaker: Emmanuel Schaan

Presentation on May 3, 2024 8:00pm PST in the CSM Planetarium Dr Emmanuel Schaan: Staff Scientist at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory A Cosmic Shadow Theater: How Galaxy Silhouettes Reveal Their Dark Side Using the Cosmic Microwave Background to reveal the invisible components of galaxies to shed light on the nature of Dark Matter, Dark Energy […]

Speaker: Rob Hawley

Presentation on March 1, 8:00pm PST in the CSM Planetarium Speaker: Rob Hawley, Eclipse Chaser; Fremont Peak Observatory Association Experiencing the Great North American Eclipse Free and open to the public. On April 8 the Great North American Eclipse will occur. This will be an eclipse you will want to experience and photograph.  It will be […]

Speaker: Shannah Withrow

Presentation on December 6, 8:00pm PST in the CSM Planetarium Speaker: Shannah Withrow, Aerospace Engineer, NASA Ames Research Center The Future of Mars Helicopters Free and open to the public. Ingenuity has shown that flying in the Martian atmosphere is possible and that helicopters can provide critical insight and support to ground-based assets. Though Ingenuity […]

SMCAS News Events of Week of 02/19/2024 and Beyond

Tuesday, 02/20/24  3:30 PMIn-person Hewlett Teaching Center370 Jane Stanford Way, Room 201Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305 Chaotic quantum dynamics and the quantum geometry of spacetime Research in string theory has uncovered deep connections between strongly coupled quantum systems with chaotic dynamics and the quantum physics of black hole spacetimes. The realization of these ideas for cosmological spacetimes such […]