The video referenced in the lecture may be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO5FwsblpT8

Our Place in the Stars
Amaya Moro-Martin of the Space Telescope Science Institute

What is our place in the stars? How did we get here? Are we alone? Dr. Amaya Moro-Martin will address these essential questions, which drive scientific and philosophical pursuits—and each new answer blossoms into yet more questions that seed further inquiries. This is a journey of self-discovery, full of wonders and wanderers, and makes us reflect on our role to enable exploration to continue.

Host: Dr. Frank Summers

Recorded live on Tuesday, February 5, 2019, at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

More information: http://hubble.stsci.edu/about_us/public_talks/

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The Whirlpool Galaxy is a magnificent spiral galaxy that has been studied across the spectrum by NASA’s Great Observatories. This remarkable video uses two dimensional images and three dimensional visualizations to contrast and compare the different views of infrared (Spitzer Space Telescope), visible (Hubble Space Telescope), and X-ray (Chandra X-ray Observatory) observations. Within these spectral bands, each wavelength region illustrates a different component of the stars, gas, and dust that comprise the galaxy. By both separating and combining seven multiwavelength views, astronomers gain a broader and richer look into the detailed structure of a spiral galaxy.

Run time: 3 minutes 5 seconds

Visualization: Frank Summers, Joseph DePasquale, Dani Player (STScI),
Kim Arcand (SAO/CXC), Robert Hurt (Caltech/IPAC)

Music: “Cylinder Five”, Chris Zabriskie, CC BY 4.0

Acknowledgement: NASA’s Universe of Learning

Speaker: Scott Fleming of the Space Telescope Science Institute

In April 2018, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) launched and by the summer it was sending back data. What has this planet-hunter found? Dr. Scott Fleming will share several of the first exciting discoveries, plus detail about how the observatory is designed and how it compares to NASA’s Kepler/K2 mission. All of the data from TESS is available in the Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST), which is based at the Space Telescope Science Institute.

Host: Dr. Frank Summers

Recorded live on Tuesday, January 15, 2019, at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

More information: http://hubble.stsci.edu/about_us/public_talks/

Starting in 2019, you will find “Tonight’s Sky” on Space Telescope Science Institute’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/spacetelescopevision

“Tonight’s Sky” is a monthly video of constellations you can observe in the night sky. The series is produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute, home of science operations for the Hubble Space Telescope, in partnership with NASA’s Universe of Learning.

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Black Holes and Other Dark Matters
Marc Kamionkowski of Johns Hopkins University

In February 2016, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) announced discovery of the merger of two black holes, each of which weighed around 30 times the mass of the Sun. In addition to being the first detection of gravitational waves, it was also the first observational evidence of stellar mass black holes above 25 solar masses. Shortly thereafter, it was speculated that these black holes might make up the dark matter that has long been known to exist in galaxies (like our own Milky Way). Dr. Kamionkowski will discuss this possibility and explain why this hypothesis may or may not work.

Host: Dr. Frank Summers

Recorded live on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

More information: http://hubble.stsci.edu/about_us/public_talks/

In December, look for Saturn’s iconic rings, and Mercury and Venus’s appearances. Eta Cassiopeiae, a double star, is visible with binoculars or a small telescope—look for its gold and blue hues. Finally, don’t miss the mid-December Geminid meteor shower, which boasts as many as 60 colorful meteors per hour.

“Tonight’s Sky” is produced by HubbleSite.org, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope. This is a recurring show, and you can find more episodes—and other astronomy videos—at http://hubblesite.org/videos/science

From Scientific Idea to Published Results (and Everything in Between!)
Bill Blair of Johns Hopkins University

When an astronomer has an idea for a Hubble observation, what has to happen for that research to become a reality? This talk will give a “behind the scenes” look at what astronomers need to do to pursue science with Hubble, and what STScI has to do to turn accepted programs into actual data for the astronomer. There are myriad steps and hurdles along the way, and everything has to pan out properly to get to the finish line. When all goes to plan, the data will address the original question, or maybe provide new and different insights than anticipated, spawning ideas for new observations. The next time you see a stunning Hubble press release, this talk will provide a better understanding of what had to transpire to make it happen!

Host: Dr. Frank Summers

Recorded live on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

More information: http://hubble.stsci.edu/about_us/public_talks/