ASTRONOMICAL HORIZONS

Public Lecture Series

Astronomy & Astrophysics Group & Abrams Planetarium

Department of Physics & Astronomy

 

 

This FREE public lecture series held at the Abrams Planetarium surveys the latest developments in astronomy.  Astronomical Horizons is offered by MSU’s Center for the Study of Cosmic Evolution, the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Abrams Planetarium.   All programs begin at 7:30pm. This is the program for the 2011-2012 academic year.

SEPT 22:   Exploding stars in a Whirlpool and a Pinwheel:    Prof. Horace Smith

OCT 27: Sample return from comets and asteroids: Promise, progress and prospects:  Prof. Michael Velbel     

NOV 17:  Astronomy with Big Buckets of Water: Looking at the Cosmos with Cosmic Rays:    Prof. Jim Linnemann  

JAN 19:  Disaster from the Skies:  Prof. Brian O'Shea   

FEB 23:  Through a lens darkly: testing dark matter with the Hubble Space Telescope:   Prof. Megan Donahue   

MAR 22:  Globular clusters: the systems that keep exposing the secrets of space:  Dr.Mark Peacock   

APR 19:  Astronomy and 2012: Should I Still Plan for Retirement?  Dr.Charles Kuehn