Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people

— Carl Sagan

Monthly Meeting: Strange New Worlds - on Zoom only!

By Kevin at Tue, 01/28/2025 - 9:13pm
Event Date: 
Tue, 02/11/2025 - 8:15pm - 10:00pm

exoplanetUpdate: Note due to the poor weather conditions predicted for tonight, we are holding this meeting online on Zoom only - the in-person meeting at MSU is canceled. Register for the meeting here: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../register/W-2aWB6LQCW4ZTKGwbnW1A

Our guest speaker will be Chris Mauro. His presentation will be "Exoplanets: Finding Strange New Worlds." Finding these planets is tough, but how have we confirmed over 5000 so far?  What are super-Earths and mini-Neptunes? Find out on Tuesday, February 11.

Monthly meetings are held at Montclair State University, in the Center for Environmental and Life Sciences or CELS Building, Room 110. This is located off the large lounge area at the back of the building. Room 110 is on your left. For direction to campus see: https://njastro.org/agx/content/montclair-state-university

  

This presentation is availabe on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/9k7WOB0E0Ps