Hayden Planetarium Programs
Frontiers Lecture: Other Earths and Life In the Universe
March 11, 2013
Science fiction portrays our Milky Way Galaxy as filled with habitable planets populated by advanced civilizations engaged in interstellar trade, conflict, super-technology, and romance. Back in our real universe, Earth-like planets and extraterrestrial life have proved elusive; not a microbe has been found. Join Geoff Marcy as he discusses the latest on NASA’s new space-borne Kepler telescope which is finding the first Earth-like worlds around other stars. But what properties make a planet suitable for technological life? Could advanced life be more rare than we imagine?
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Astronomy Live! Hubble and Friends: NASA's Great Space Observatories with Emily Rice
April 30, 2013
This presentation by astrophysicist Emily Rice will explore the discoveries of Hubble’s friends, old and new, from the Orbiting Astronomical Observatories of the 1960s and ’70s to the James Webb Space Telescope, slated to launch in 2018.
Frontiers Lecture: Curiosity's Mission at Gale Crater, Mars
May 8, 2013
The successful August 5, 2012, landing of the Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars represents an unprecedented achievement.
Astronomical Phenomenon Revealed with Jackie Faherty
May 28, 2013
In this program, Museum research scientist Jackie Faherty uses the power of the Dome’s Zeiss IX Projector and the Museum’s Digital Universe Atlas to simulate numerous exciting celestial phenomena that you should be able to see in your lifetime.
Frontiers Lecture: Brilliant Blunders with Mario Livio
June 10, 2013
In this lecture, astrophysicist Mario Livio discusses errors by such giants as Charles Darwin, Lord Kelvin, and Albert Einstein