Upcoming Events
Broad Branch Road Neighborhood Lectures
Thursday, March 28, 2019 - 6:30pm
Addressing climate change with science-based energy solutions
As extreme weather, rising seas, and severe droughts bring home the reality of global climate change, we are increasingly aware of the world’s pressing need for carbon-free energy sources and...
Registration Open!
Greenewalt Auditorium
5251 Broad Branch Road NW
Washington, DC 20015
United States
Astronomy Lecture Series
Monday, April 1, 2019 - 7:00pm
A New Tool to Map Entire Galaxies
Popular images of galaxies, while beautiful, do not provide the information that astronomers need to measure their inherent properties, such as their dynamics and the compositions of their stars and...
Registration Opens 3/19
Rothenberg Hall, 1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
United States
Capital Science Evening Lectures
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - 6:30pm
The Age of Data: Visualizing the Revolution
One of our greatest scientific challenges is to effectively understand and make use of the vast amount of data being produced in a variety of fields. Visual data analysis will be among our most-...
Registration Opens 3/2
1530 P St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
United States
Astronomy Lecture Series
Monday, April 15, 2019 - 7:00pm
Stars Under the Microscope
Some meteorites contain rare, tiny grains of dust that formed in the explosions of ancient stars and became part of the gas and dust cloud that formed our Solar System. Dr. Nittler will discuss how...
Registration Opens 4/2
Rothenberg Hall, 1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
United States
Science in the Neighborhood Series
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - 6:30pm
The Physics of Beauty: Structural Coloration in Butterflies
Butterflies are well known for the beautiful colors and patterns that decorate their wings. They function to attract mates, provide camouflage, or ward off predators. Many colors are created by...
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Rose Auditorium
3520 San Martin Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218
United States
Broad Branch Road Neighborhood Lectures
Thursday, April 25, 2019 - 6:30pm
The gravity of volcanoes: using gravity data to probe magma reservoirs
Gravity, the fundamental force that shaped our planet, varies across the Earth’s surface, both from place to place and over time. For more than three centuries, scientists have made gravity...
Registration Open!
Greenewalt Auditorium
5251 Broad Branch Road NW
Washington, DC 20015
United States
Astronomy Lecture Series
Monday, April 29, 2019 - 7:00pm
The DNA of Galaxies
Like people, each of the billions of galaxies in the universe developed its own unique traits over a complicated lifetime. Until recently, astronomers have only been able to study galaxies closest to...
Registration Opens 4/16
Rothenberg Hall, 1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
United States
Broad Branch Road Neighborhood Lectures
Thursday, May 23, 2019 - 6:30pm
Shocking minerals: From meteorite impacts to exoplanets
In shock-wave experiments, high-powered lasers or guns are used to send a supersonic pressure wave through a sample. This type of dynamic compression can generate immense pressure and allows for the...
Registration Open!
Greenewalt Auditorium
5251 Broad Branch Road NW
Washington, DC 20015
United States
Capital Science Evening Lectures
Thursday, June 27, 2019 - 6:30pm
Universe or Multiverse?
Cosmological observations show that on the largest scales accessible to our telescopes, the universe is very uniform, and the same laws of physics operate in all the parts of it that we can see....
Registration Opens 5/27
1530 P St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
United States