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“Apollo-Soyuz: The Mission & the Astronauts” (A Free, Virtual Lecture)
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“The Chandra X-Ray Telescope : An Insider’s Perspective” (A Free, In-Person Lecture)
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“Peering into the Birthplaces of Planets” (A Free, Virtual Lecture)
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“LuSEE-Night: A Radio Telescope on the Far Side of the Moon” (A Free, Virtual Lecture)
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Understanding Auroras (A Free, Virtual Lecture) — WAIT LIST ONLY
The image above is of the aurora named STEVE, Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement. Credits: NASA/Megan Hoffman
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Living With A Star: Science that Matters to People (A Free, Virtual Lecture)
The image is of the series of United States Post Office stamps (issued in 2021) that highlight images of the Sun as captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. Credits: NASA/SDO/USPS.
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NASA’s Cold Atom Lab on the International Space Station (A Free, Virtual Lecture)
The image is of the International Space Station taken from the SpaceX Crew Dragon.
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The Artemis Accords: International Cooperation in Space (A Free, Virtual Lecture)
The image is of the 39 nations that have to date signed the Artemis Accords.
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The Future of Exploration: Discovering the Uncharted Frontiers of Science, Technology and Human Potential (A Free, Virtual Lecture)
The photo is of our speaker, Terry Garcia, former National Geographic Executive VP, Chief Science & Exploration Officer, and author of “The Future of Exploration.”
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NASA’s Mars Exploration Program: Past, Present & Future (A Free, Virtual Lecture)
The image is of NASA’s Mars missions, clockwise from top left: Perseverance Rover and Ingenuity Mars Helicopter; InSight Lander; Odyssey Orbiter; MAVEN Orbiter; Curiosity Rover; and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. (Credit: NASA/JPL)
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Shedding Light on the Dark Side of the Universe (A Free, Virtual Lecture)
The image above is of a galaxy cluster taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (credit: NASA) .
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Time Machines and Spaceships: The Search for Life (A Free, Virtual Lecture)
The image above (credit: NASA) is of OSIRIS-REx: the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer, which is managed by the Goddard Space Flight Center. It is the craft that returned samples from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, which is a carbon-rich asteroid that records the earliest history of our Solar System and which may contain the molecular precursors to the origin of life and the Earth's oceans. Our speaker, Dr. Heather Graham, is one of the scientists working on the OSIRIS-REx project and studying the samples from Bennu.
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What’s Up in the Fall Sky? (A Free, Virtual Lecture)
NASA Solar System Ambassador, William Francis Taylor, MSc, will give a free, virtual lecture about the heavenly bodies and celestial events—including the Oct. 14th solar eclipse--that can be observed this autumn.
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Hubble’s Ultraviolet Legacy (A Free, Virtual Lecture)
Dr. Christopher T. Britt from the Space Telescope Science Institute will speak about Hubble’s new program, ULLYSES, that will create a legacy of data on the first 10 million years of stellar evolution that will support the exploration of a range of research topics for decades to come. Registration required: https://hubble.eventbrite.com
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Images of Our Universe: The James Webb Space Telescope (A Free, Virtual Lecture)
Join Hamptons Observatory as we learn about and see the wonders of our universe from images provided by the James Webb Space Telescope.
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THE HUNT for PLANET B (free, at-home film screening)
Hamptons Observatory presents a free, at-home screening of the highly acclaimed CNN film about the James Webb Space Telescope and the women behind it.
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