Greenbelt Community Center

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 informal discussion, and the lecture will begin at 7:30. Both Corrine and Sue are officers of the Astronomical Society of Greenbelt. Our monthly meetings are… Read More »Monthly Meeting: The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

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 free and open to the public. We will gather at 7:00 pm for informal conversation, and the lecture will begin at 7:30 pm. Dr. Runyon… Read More »February Meeting: Human-Proximity Exploration of Venus

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 Pluto. This event is free and open to the public. We will gather at 7:00 pm for informal conversation, and the lecture will begin at… Read More »January Meeting: The New Horizons Mission After Pluto

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 free and open to the public. We will gather at 7:00 pm for informal conversation, and the lecture will begin at 7:30 pm. Dr. Ahrens's… Read More »November Meeting: Cryovolcanism of Our Solar System

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

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

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.

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

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