The Prevalence, Properties, and Architectures of Exoplanets
May 6th, 2017 with Dr. Erik Petigura, a Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow at Caltech Exoplanets orbit stars other than our Sun. At first, the study of these objects focused upon individual discoveries. But, thanks in large part to the many identifications made by...Solar Eclipses, 2016 and 2017 and More
May 14th, 2016 with Professor Jay Pasachoff of Williams College A veteran eclipse chaser, Professor Pasachoff has probably seen and studied more total solar eclipses than anyone else on Earth. By one count, he has witnessed 65 total eclipses between 1959 and the end...The Restless Universe (Palomar Transient Factory)
April 25th, 2015 with Dr. Shrinivas Kulkarni – Caltech John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) & Director, Caltech Optical Observatories Abstract of Lecture: Cosmic...The New Era of Exoplanet Direct Imaging
April 26th, 2014 with Dr. Sasha Hinkley – Caltech Most of the hundreds of extrasolar planets identified in the past 15 years have been detected indirectly through careful monitoring of the planets’ effect on their host star’s light. By overcoming...
Mark Lane
Planetarium Director
Professor of Astronomy
W. Scott Kardel
Assistant Planetarium Director
Assistant Professor of Astronomy
The Starry Messenger
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The Fall 2022 issue of "The Starry Messenger" is now available.