The lecture series features Francis Nimmo, Adriane Steinacker, and Graeme Smith discussing different aspects of the transit of Venus. Photo courtesy of Greg Laughlin. This photo taken at Lick ...

Galaxy dynamics are confronted with one of the deepest problems of modern physics: the dark matter problem. The motions of stars and gas observed exceed what can be explained by the mass visible in ...

(OK so I'll post this but then I really really have to get back to work!) I just got a note from the American Astronomical Society that many of the big lectures at the meeting in January 2008 were ...

The 2013-14 Frontiers of Astronomy Lecture Series will begin with a talk by Steven Hauck, associate professor of Planetary Geodynamics, on Thursday, Oct. 17, at 8 p.m. in the Murch Auditorium at the ...

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GOLDENDALE — Troy Carpenter will present “The 3D Universe” at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6. The lecture, part of a Washington State Parks series of online astronomy lectures, will stream on the Parks’ ...

GOLDENDALE — Troy Carpenter will present “It’s very cold in space — or is it?” at 7 p.m. Sunday. The lecture, part of a Washington State Parks series of online astronomy lectures, will stream on the ...