Educational Events

Dr. Maria Hamilton, professor of physics at Marshall University, will present a lecture entitled "The Curious Incident of the Neutron Star Crashing at Night." Dr. Hamilton is the recipient of a prestigious fellowship from the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research centers on investigating the gravitational waves… Read More »October Meeting: The Curious Incident of the Neutron Star Crashing at Night

Sue Bassett will present a lecture entitled "Fantastic Beasts and Why You Can't Find Them: An Astronomical View of Ice Age Extinctions." This event is free and open to the public. The zoom session will open at 7:00 pm for a meet and greet and technical checks. The presentation starts at 7:30 pm. Join Zoom… Read More »November Meeting: Fantastic Beasts and Why You Can’t Find Them

Alessondra Springmann is a planetary science PhD candidate at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, studying meteorites, comets, and asteroids.  She will be discussing her previous work at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico using the megawatt planetary radar system to search for near earth asteroids, as well as the legacy of Arecibo… Read More »January Meeting: The Legacy of Arecibo’s Planetary Radar System

Anwar Al-Mallah, vice president of the Astronomical Society of Greenbelt, will be demonstrating the use of 3D computer models provided by NASA in computer aided design applications (e.g., Blender, formZ, ZBrush) for creating 3D renderings. The Zoom session will open at 7:00 pm for an informal chat. The presentation will start at 7:30 pm. This… Read More »February Meeting: 3D Computer Models Provided by NASA and Their Use in CAD Programs

As part of Women's History Month, Corrinne Carter and Sue Bassett will present a talk entitled "The Harvard 'Computers' and the Foundations of Modern Astronomy" (computers was the early 20th century name give to the women who worked in astronomy at Harvard). The meeting opens at 7:00 PM for meet and greet, and the presentation… Read More »March Meeting: Women in Astronomy

Kevin A. Wilson, PhD, will be presenting a talk on amateur radio astronomy and the DIY radio telescope he built to study the hydrogen emissions from the Milky Way. This event is presented in hybrid format. We will be meeting in room 114 at the Greenbelt Community Center. For those who are unable to attend… Read More »April Meeting: Amateur Radio Astronomy

Dr. Aaron W. Breneman of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center will speak on Goddard's sounding rocket program and the work he's doing on the Endurance rocket to measure the Earth's global electric potential. Zoom Meeting Details https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82668864999?pwd=u-R-1AGUYts2Z_HBWqzuYje82x4U9y.1 Meeting ID: 826 6886 4999 Passcode: 513343 Phone Numbers 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) 646 558… Read More »May Meeting: NASA Goddard Sounding Rocket Program

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 science, this 2015 film is PG-13 and has an audience approval rating of 91% on the tomatometer (although potato meter would have been more appropriate… Read More »ASG Summer Film Festival: The Martian

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 schools. She spent the last year as the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow at NASA, focusing on equity, inclusion, and broadening participation of STEM education… 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! Comet and Asteroid Impacts." This event is free and open to the public. It will be held at the Greenbelt Community Center and live streamed… Read More »October Meeting: Don’t Look Up! Comet and Asteroid Impacts