The ASG's summer film festival returns with The Martian. This highly popular film stars Matt Damon as an astronaut stranded on Mars. Praised for its special effects and mostly accurate… Read More »ASG Summer Film Festival: The Martian
The Astronomical Society of Greenbelt has been chosen as a community partner of NASA to celebrate the release of the first scientific images from the James Webb Space Telescope, which… Read More »Webb Space Telescope First Images Celebration
On Thursday, August 25, at 7:30 pm, the Astronomical Society of Greenbelt will host Conrad Terrill to present on the telescope in the Greenbelt Observatory.
Selene Willis will be giving a talk entitled "Getting Students Excited about Space." Selene has been a formal science educator for 15 years in public and independent middle and high… Read More »September Meeting: Getting Students Excited about Space
The Astronomical Society of Greenbelt will have a hybrid in-person and Zoom meeting on Thursday October 27. ASG member Sue Bassett will be giving a talk entitled “Don't Look Up!… Read More »October Meeting: Don’t Look Up! Comet and Asteroid Impacts
Our November meeting will be held on Thursday, November 17. Dr. Caitlin Ahrens will be presenting a talk entitled "Pop, Fizz, Bang: Cryovolcanism of Our Solar System." This event is… Read More »November Meeting: Cryovolcanism of Our Solar System
Our January meeting will be held on Thursday, January 26. Mark "Indy" Kochte will be presenting a talk on what the New Horizons mission has been doing since it left… Read More »January Meeting: The New Horizons Mission After Pluto
The ASG Near-Earth Object Observation Program is partnering with the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) for a special asteroid search campaign during February and March 2023. Our team was selected from… Read More »NEO Observation Campaign
Our February meeting will be held on Thursday, February 23. Dr. Kirby Runyon will be presenting a talk on the study of Venus enabled by human proximity This event is… Read More »February Meeting: Human-Proximity Exploration of Venus
On March 30, Corrine Carter and Sue Bassett will talk about the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope that is planned for launch in 2027. We will gather at 7:00 for… Read More »Monthly Meeting: The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
The Astronomical Society of Greenbelt will meet on Thursday, April 27, in Room 114 of the Greenbelt Community Center. We will gather at 7:00 pm for informal discussion, and the… Read More »Monthly Meeting
Our monthly meetings are generally held on the last Thursday of the month, 7:00–9:00 pm, at the Greenbelt Community Center. They are also streamed via Zoom for those who cannot… Read More »Monthly Meeting