University of Wisconsin–Madison

Events

  • Apr 20
    Monday Science Seminar

    A weekly seminar series featuring talks from astronomers at UW and beyond.

  • Apr 21
    Stars Coffee

  • Apr 21
    Astronomy on Tap Madison feat. Coffeeshop Astrophysics: Space Rocks and Stardust

    Join us for our April 2026 edition of Madison Astronomy on Tap at One Social Food Hall, featuring our friends at UW–Milwaukee Coffeeshop Astrophysics! They will be talking about asteroids, meteorites, comets, and what rocks we find on Earth tell us about the formation of the Solar System. We will have astronomy trivia and plenty of …

  • Apr 22
    WiCOR Lecture: Victoria Meadows

    Victoria Meadows, Senior Research Scientist, SETI Institute Title: The Search for Living Worlds Beyond the Solar System Abstract: One of the grandest and most enduring questions in human history has been whether we are alone in the Universe. While previous generations could only speculate about the possibility of life around other stars, in the next …

  • Apr 23
    Astronomy/WiCOR Joint Colloquium: Prof. Victoria Meadows

    Speaker: Victoria Meadows Institution: Senior Research Scientist, SETI Institute Title: The Virtual Planetary Laboratory and the Search for Signs of Life on Exoplanets Abstract: The Virtual Planetary Laboratory is a massively interdisciplinary research group that has been working since 2001 to put a strong scientific foundation under the search for signs of life on exoplanets. …

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Other Events to Note:

Español y Vino: Español y Vino es una iniciativa nacida en el departamento de astronomía para juntarse entre todos quienes hablamos español, sin importar si eres nativo o hablas sólo un poco. La única regla que hay es que hay que hablar en español (o lo más posible, si es que cuesta un poco). La parte del vino es opcional.

Español y Vino is a new initiative in the astronomy department to gather those who speak Spanish, whether you are a native speaker or speak only a little, and have a shared dinner. The only rule of the gathering is that everyone must speak in Spanish for the duration of the event. It’s a great way to strengthen developing language skills with native speakers.

To learn more information or get involved, contact Estephani at torresvillan@wisc.edu.

 

Universe in the Park: Universe in the Park (UitP) is a popular outreach program of the Department of Astronomy at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. UitP travels to state parks throughout Wisconsin during the summer camping season, giving talks and slide shows, answering questions, and letting the general public view astronomical objects through one of the UitP telescopes.

To request a UitP program, see the Badger Talks web site at https://badgertalks.wisc.edu/uitp/. To learn more information or get involved, view the UitP page or contact Jim Lattis at lattis@astro.wisc.edu.

 

Do you have an event you would like added to the Astronomy calendar? Contact Sophia Didier at smdidier@wisc.edu.