HubbleSite - Hubble Public Talks

Webcast Help:

To view our webcasts you will need to install the Real Media streaming video player software. Download it for free here.

The presentation materials used by the speaker are available in Adobe PDF format. To view these documents you will need to install the free Acrobat reader, available here.

Hubble Public Talks
Public Lectures at the Space Telescope Science Institute

Are you interested in planets, stars, galaxies, black holes?

Come to the free public lectures at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). Each month a noted scientist discusses a different cosmic topic. Lectures are at 8 p.m. the first Tuesday of every month in the STScI auditorium, on the campus of Johns Hopkins University. Free parking is available. For directions, call 410-338-4700.

Upcoming Hubble Public Talk

Speaker: Robert Zimmerman, STScI
"An Idea that Would Not Die: The Story of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Visionaries Who Built It"

Broadcast will begin at 8:00 pm (EDT), October 7, 2008
Replays of this broadcast will be available at 10:30 am (EDT), October 8, 2008

Upcoming Lectures

Date	Speaker
November 11, 2008	Speaker: Massimo Stiavelli, STScI Title: The First Stars in the Universe
December 2, 2008	Speaker: Max Mutchler, STScI Title: Comets, Asteroids, and Minor Planets

Lecture Archive

Previous Public Talks

Speaker: Chris Blades, STScI
September 2, 2008
"Servicing Mission 4 and the Final Frontiers of Hubble"

Speaker: Asaf Pe'er, STScI
August 5, 2008
"Measuring the Cosmic Distance Scale"

Watch the Talk
Introduction	Presentation Materials

Speaker: Frank Summers, STScI
July 1, 2008
"Hubble's Universe in the WorldWide Telescope"

Watch the Talk
Introduction	Presentation Materials

Speaker: Lisa Frattare, STScI
June 3, 2008
"The Hubble Heritage Project: Making Color Images for the Hubble Space Telescope"

Watch the Talk

Presentation Materials

Speaker: Tom Brown, STScI
May 6, 2008
"The Age of the Andromeda Galaxy"

Watch the Introduction	Watch the Talk
Introduction	Presentation Materials

Speaker: Nolan Walborn, STScI
April 1, 2008
"Life Cycles of Massive Stars"

Watch the Introduction	Watch the Talk
Introduction	Presentation Materials

Speaker: David Radburn-Smith, STScI
March 4, 2008
"Revealing the Great Attractor"

Watch the Introduction	Watch the Talk
Introduction	Presentation Materials

Speaker: Kate Brand, STScI
February 5, 2008
"Quasars and Galaxies Over Cosmic Time"

Watch the Introduction	Watch the Talk
Introduction	Presentation Materials

Speaker: Nino Panagia, STScI
January 8, 2008
"Supernovae: Lighthouses of the Cosmos"

Watch the Introduction	Watch the Talk
Introduction	Presentation Materials

Speaker: Robert Hanisch, STScI
December 4, 2007
"Real Astronomy from Virtual Observatories"

Watch the Introduction	Watch the Talk
Introduction	Presentation Materials

Speaker: Alberto Conti and Carol Christian, STScI
November 6, 2007
"Sky in Google Earth"

Watch the Introduction	Watch the Talk
Presentation Materials

Speaker: Maggie Turnbull, STScI
October 2, 2007
"Earth-like Worlds in our Galaxy: Discovery, Exploration...and Preservation"

Watch the Introduction	Watch the Talk
Introduction	Presentation Materials

Speaker: Gail Schaefer, STScI
September 4, 2007
"Using Hubble to Measure the Distances to Stars"

Introduction	Watch the Talk
Introduction	Presentation Materials

Speaker: Zolt Levay, STScI
August 7, 2007
"Art and the Universe"

Introduction	Watch the Talk
Introduction	Presentation Materials

Speaker: Frank Summers, STScI
July 3, 2007
"Astronomical Storms: Beyond the Extreme"

Introduction	Watch the Talk
Introduction	Presentation Materials

Speaker: Eva Villaver, STScI
June 5, 2007
"Stellar Evolution and the Fate of the Solar System"

Introduction	Watch the Talk
Introduction	Presentation Materials

Speaker: Knox Long, STScI
May 1, 2007
"A Worthy Successor to Hubble - The James Webb Space Telescope"

Introduction	Watch the Talk
Introduction	Presentation Materials

Speaker: Ray Villard, STScI
April 3, 2007
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to Astronomy from the Moon"

Watch the Introduction	Watch the Talk
Introduction	Presentation Materials

Speaker: Benne Holwerda, STScI
March 6, 2007
"Dust Grains in Island Universes"

Watch the Introduction	Watch the Talk
Introduction	Presentation Materials

Speaker: Chris Burke, STScI
February 6, 2007
"Recent Results of Transiting Extrasolar Planets"

Watch the Introduction	Watch the Talk
Introduction	Presentation Materials

Speaker: Frank Summers, STScI
January 9, 2007
"Galileo's Dilemma: Ptolemy, Copernicus, and theTransformation of the Heavens"

Watch the Introduction	Watch the Talk
Introduction	Presentation Materials

Speaker: Inga Kamp, STScI
December 5, 2006
"From Interstellar Molecules to Planets"

Introduction	Watch the Talk
Introduction	Presentation Materials

Speaker: Michael Santos, STScI
November 7, 2006
"The Formation of Galaxies"

Introduction	Watch the Talk
Presentation Materials

Speaker: Dave Adler, STScI
October 3, 2006
"Life Cycle of an HST Proposal"

Watch the Introduction	Watch the Talk
Presentation Materials	Introduction

Speaker: Elena Sabbi, STScI
September 5, 2006
"Star Formation in the Small Magellanic Cloud"

Watch the Introduction	Watch the Talk
Introduction	Presentation Materials

Speaker: Bahram Mobasher, STScI
July 11, 2006
"Crisis in the Cosmos? Giant Galaxies in the Early Universe"

Watch the Introduction	Watch the Talk
Introduction

Speaker: Dr. Anton Koekemoer, STScI
June 6, 2006
"Searching for the Most Distant Black Holes in the Early Universe"

Watch the Introduction	Watch the Talk
Introduction	Presentation Materials

Speaker: Dr. Keith Noll, STScI
May 2, 2006
"The Kuiper Belt"

Watch the Introduction	Watch the Talk
Introduction

Speaker: Dr. Kester Smith, STScI
April 4, 2006
"Star Formation in the Orion Nebula"

Watch the Introduction	Watch the Talk
Introduction	Presentation Materials

Speaker: Dr. Adam Riess, STScI
March 7, 2006
"Dark Energy and the Fate of the Universe"

Watch the Talk
Introduction	Presentation Materials

Speaker: Dr. Frank Summers, STScI
February 7, 2006
"Astronomy Visualization: The State of the Art"

Watch the Talk
Introduction	Presentation Materials

Speaker: Max Mutchler & Dr. Hal Weaver, STScI
January 3, 2006
"The Discovery of Two New Satellites of Pluto & New Horizons Misson Update"

Watch the Talk
Presentation Materials: Pluto	Presentation Materials: New Horizons

Speaker: Ian Jordan, STScI
December 6, 2005
"Distant Screens: From Extrasolar Planets to Eclipsing the North Star"

Watch the Introduction	Watch the Talk
Introduction	Presentation Materials

Speaker: Dr. Mario Livio, STScI
November 1, 2005
"The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved"

Watch the Introduction	Watch the Talk
Presentation Materials

Speaker: Jim Manning, STScI
October 4, 2005
"Mars Attacks: The Myth and Science of the Red Planet at Opposition"

Watch the Introduction	Watch the Talk
Introductory Materials	Presentation Materials

Speaker: Dr. Frank Summers, STScI
September 6, 2005
"Ten Cool Things about Galaxies"

Watch the Introduction	Watch the Talk
Presentation Materials

Speaker: Dr. Matt Bobrowsky, STScI
August 2, 2005
"How Big, How Far"

Watch the Talk
PDF Version (no animations)	PowerPoint Version (includes animations)

Speaker: Ray Villard, STScI
July 5, 2005
"The Scorecard on Extrasolar Planets"

Watch the Talk

Presentation Materials

Speaker: Elizabeth Kessler, University of Chicago
June 7, 2005
"Art and Hubble"

Watch the Talk

Presentation Materials

Speaker: Dr. Massimo Stiavelli, STScI
May 3, 2005
"Probing the End of the Dark Ages with the Hubble Ultra Deep Field"

Watch the Talk

Presentation Materials

Speaker: Dr. Frank Summers, STScI
April 5, 2005
"Fifteen Years of Intriguing and Astounding Images from Hubble"

Watch the Talk

Presentation Materials

Speaker: Dr. Mario Livio, STScI
March 3, 2005
"Hubble's Top 10 Scientific Discoveries"

Watch the Talk

Presentation Materials

Want to see some of the wonders of our universe?

Come peer into the heavens with the Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg telescope. The telescope is open to the public every Friday evening, weather permitting. For more information, contact the observatory at (410)-516-6525 or visit the observatory's web site.

Can't get enough astronomy?

The Baltimore Astronomical Society (BAS), Baltimore's amateur astronomy club, meets the second Tuesday of every month at the Maryland Science Center. For information regarding meeting times, club activities, and other astronomy clubs in the Maryland area, visit the BAS website.

[TOP]

search & index | about us | contact us | copyright