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Mapping the Milky Way and Beyond: The After Sloan-V Project

16 Sep 2026

Abstract is forthcoming. Speaker: Keith Hawkins (The University of Texas at Austin)
How to Image Alien Worlds

22 Sep 2026

Speaker: Dr. Emily Rickman, European Space Agency / Space Telescope Science Institute Planets beyond our Solar System, known as exoplanets, are extremely difficult to observe. It’s...
It is Time for a Compact Object Paradigm Shift

23 Sep 2026

Abstract is forthcoming. Speaker: Ryan Foley (University of California Santa Cruz)