Past Event Category: Open to Public
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Oct 21Astronomy on Tap Madison: The Cosmological and the Astrological
Northstreet 577 North Street Madison, WI 53704 United States
Join us for our October 2026 edition of Madison Astronomy on Tap at the Northstreet Taproom! This month we will hear from two UW–Madison astronomers about how to measure the Universe with supernovae, and about astrology from a scientific perspective. We will have astronomy trivia and plenty of Q&A time to ask our speakers your …
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Sep 22WiCOR Lecture: Planet 9 From Outer Space
Konstantin Batygin, Professor, Division of Geological & Planetary Sciences, Caltech
H.F. DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building, UW-Madison
This event is free and open to the public thanks to support from the WiCOR Lecture Fund. Title: Planet 9 From Outer Space Abstract: Over the past two decades, surveys of the outer Solar System have revealed a remarkably complex Kuiper Belt. Most of this structure can be understood through the gravitational influence of the known planets, particularly …
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Sep 15Astronomy on Tap Madison: The Roman Telescope and Black Hole Speed Dating1129 E Wilson St Madison WI 53703
Join us for our September 2026 edition of Madison Astronomy on Tap at Working Draft Beer Company! This month we will hear from two UW–Madison astronomers about how black holes evolve and interact, and about the life of Nancy Grace Roman, the astronomer for whom the recently launched Roman Space Telescope is named. We will …
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Apr 22WiCOR Lecture: Victoria Meadows
The Marquee, Union South
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 …
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Feb 17Astronomy on Tap Madison: Astronomical Disputes
1129 E Wilson St Madison WI 53703
Join us for our February 2026 edition of Madison Astronomy on Tap at Working Draft Beer Company! This month we will hear about two historical debates in astronomy. Does the Universe contain one galaxy or many? Does the Solar System contain eight planets or nine? Come learn the answers to these questions, and more. We …