Past Meeting: April 17th, 2025 – STELLA (Science and Technology Education for Land / Life Assessment): A low-cost open-source remote sensing instruments for education and research
Presenter: Mike Taylor, Outreach Scientist, SSAI, NASA Goddard on the Landsat Communications and Public Engagement team Artifacts: Meeting PDF YouTube Video of Meeting Chat Log The meeting took place on April 17, 2025 at 7 PM on Zoom and at the Robinson Nature Center STELLA combines inexpensive sensors with […]
Past Meeting: March 20th, 2025 – Shedding Light on the Dark Side of the Universe
Presenter: Dr. Rutuparna Das, Astrophysicist with the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian Artifacts: Meeting PDF YouTube Video of Meeting Chat Log The meeting took place at 7 PM at the Robinson Nature Center and on Zoom. Topic: Shedding Light on the Dark Side of the Universe Brief description of […]
Past Meeting: February 20th, 2025 – AI-based Surveying of Exoplanet Atmospheres
Presenter: Dr. Reza Ashtari, Exoplanet Astronomer at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Artifacts: Meeting PDF YouTube Video of Meeting Chat Log The meeting took place at 7 PM at the Robinson Nature Center . Abstract: Producing optimized and accurate transmission spectra from telescope data is a manual and labor-intensive process. […]
Past Meeting: Multi-Epoch HST Imaging of a Shock Front in the Cygnus Loop Supernova Remnant – January 16th, 2025
Presenter: Dr. Ravi Sankrit, Associate Scientist, Instruments Division, STScI (And Annual Meeting Elections) Meeting PDF YouTube Video of Meeting Chat Log The meeting took place at 7 PM at the Robinson Nature Center Abstract: Supernova explosions drive shocks into the surrounding interstellar medium (ISM) heating it to high temperatures. Centuries […]