Public Evening Lecture Series Podcasts
Fall 2023
Spring 2023
Fall 2022
Spring 2022
Fall 2021
Spring 2021
Spring 2020
Mar. 9, 2020 - Dr. Parker Fagrelius, NSF OIR Lab
DESI: A New 3D Cosmic Map to Study Dark Energy
Mar. 2, 2020 - Dr. Catherine Grier, Steward Observatory
The Monsters of the Universe: Supermassive Black Holes
Feb. 17, 2020 - Dr. Yancy Shirley, Steward Observatory
Celebrating 50 Years of the Discovery of Molecular Clouds
Jan. 30, 2020 - Dr. Francis Su, Dept. of Mathematics: Harvey Mudd College
Mathematics for Human Flourishing
Jan. 27, 2020 - Dr. George Rieke, Steward Observatory
The Spitzer Space Telescope: Rest In Peace
Jan. 21, 2020 - Eric Gawiser, Daniel Scolnic, Renée Hložek, and Daniel Gruen
VSO Dark Energy Science
Jan. 13, 2020 - Dr. Thomas Beatty, Steward Observatory
Once You've Discovered Another "Earth", What Comes Next?
Fall 2019
Dec. 2, 2019 - Dr. Veronica Bray, Lunar & Planetary Laboratory
Beyond the Known World: New Horizons Mission into the Kuiper Belt
Nov. 4, 2019 - Dr. Michael Lindquist, Steward Observatory
There's a New SAGUARO under the Desert Skies: Finding the Sources of Gravitational Waves
Oct. 21, 2019 - Dr. Dennis Zaritsky, Steward Observatory
Una Historia de Materia Oscura
Oct. 7, 2019 - Prof. Robert Kennicutt, Steward Observatory
2020 Vision: The Decadal Survey for Astronomy
Sept. 23, 2019 - Dr. Chris Impey, Steward Observatory
Einstein's Monsters
Sept. 9, 2019 - Dr. Chris Cokinos, Dept. of English
Divine & Mysterious: The Moon Before Apollo
Spring 2019
May 13, 2019 - Dr. Don McCarthy, Steward Observatory
A 40-Year History of the MMT Observatory
Apr. 29, 2019 - Dr. Paola Pinilla, Steward Observatory
La Infancia de los Planetas
Apr. 17, 2019 - Dr. Daniel Marrone, Dr. Feryal Ozel, & Dr. Dimitrios Psaltis, Steward Observatory
Bringing Black Holes into Focus: The Event Horizon Telescope
Apr. 8, 2019 - Maj. James McGaha, M.S., FRAS, Director, Grasslands Observatory
The True Story of Project Blue Book: The 22-Year Investigation of "Nothing!"
Mar. 25, 2019 - Dr. Ali Bramson & Dr. Mike Sori, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
A Story of Ice, Water, and Fire Under the South Pole of Mars
Mar. 11, 2019 - Dr. Chad Bender, Steward Observatory
The Quest to Discover Earth-Twin Exoplanets
Feb. 25, 2019 - Erika Hamden, Steward Observatory
The Ridiculous World of Scientific Ballooning
Feb. 18, 2019 - Dr. Jenny Greene, Princeton Univ.
Marc Aaronson Memorial Lecture: Tiny but Powerful: The Search for Intermediate Mass Black Holes
Jan. 28, 2019 - Dr. Thomas Fleming, Steward Observatory
Andrew Ellicott Douglass: The History of Astronomical Research in Arizona
Jan. 14, 2019 - Dr. John Cocke & Dr. Feryal Ozel, Steward Observatory
50th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Crab Optical Pulsar
Fall 2018
Dec. 3, 2018 - Dr. Vasileios Paschalidis, Steward Observatory
Einstein's Legacy: The New Era of Multimessenger Astronomy
Nov. 19, 2018 - Dr. Lynn Carter, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Mars 20/20: Science, Engineering and Landing Sites for the next Mars Rover
Nov. 5, 2018 - Dr. Elena Manjavacas, Nicolas Garavito, and Dr. Paola Pinilla, Steward Observ.
Buscando Nuevos Mundos
Oct. 29, 2018 - Dr. Peter Behroozi, Steward Observ.
Reverse-Engineering Galaxies with the Universe Machine
Oct. 15, 2018 - Dr. Daniel Apai, Steward Observ.
Headin' out to EDEN: A Search for Habitable Worlds within the Solar Neighborhood
Sept. 17, 2018 - Dr. Michael Chriss, Steward Observ.
The Nazca Lines Mystery
Spring 2018
Apr. 30, 2018 - Dr. Sarbani Basu, Yale Univ.
Journey to the Center of the Sun
Apr. 23, 2018 - David Sand, Steward Observatory
The Dynamic Sky!
Mar. 26, 2018 - Chris Walker, Steward Observatory
Astronomy from Near Space
Mar. 12, 2018 - Jeff Bennett, Univ. of Colorado
A Global Warming Primer
Feb. 19, 2018 - Chuck Claver, LSST
Surveying the Universe
Jan. 22, 2018 - Jerry Sellwood, Steward Observatory
Spiral Patterns in Galaxies
Fall 2017
Dec. 4, 2017 - Stephanie Juneau, NOAO
Black Holes, Galaxies & Cosmic Fireworks
Nov. 27, 2017 - Lia Medeiros, Steward
Visualizing Black Holes on Computers and in the Universe
Nov. 13, 2017 - Maj. James McGaha, M.S., FRAS, Grasslands Observatory
70 Years after Rosewell: What Really Happened?
Oct. 23, 2017 - Stacey Alberts, Steward
Countdown to the James Webb Space Telescope
Oct. 9, 2017 - Michael Chriss, Steward
Longitude: The Watch that Mapped the World
Sept. 26, 2017 - Film Screening & Panel Discussion (presented on 10/17/2016)
Focusing the Universe: A New Film on the History of Steward Observatory
Sept. 25, 2017 - Alfred McEwen & Ari Espinoza, Lunar & Planetary Laboratory
Mars: The Pristine Beauty of the Red Planet
Sept. 11, 2017 - Alyson Ford, Steward
The Milky Way --- Our Home, But What Does it Look Like?
Spring 2017
Apr. 17, 2017 - Wen-fai Fong, Steward
The Energetic World of Gamma-ray Bursts and Gravitational Waves
Apr. 3, 2017 - Brian Schmidt, Australian National University
The State of the Universe in 2017
Mar. 27, 2017 - Eric Pearce, Steward
Astronomy Tracks Sputnik and Beyond: How Applied Astronomy has met the Challenges of the Space Age
Mar. 20, 2017 - Jay Holberg, LPL
Tales from the Celestial Graveyard: Studying White Dwarfs in our Own Backyard
Feb. 20, 2017 - Dr. Kevin Hainline, Steward
Hunting for Dark Monsters: How to Find a Hidden, Supermassive Black Hole
Jan. 23, 2017 - Dr. David Levy, Jamac Observ.
The Starlight Night: The Night Sky in English Literature
Fall 2016
Dec. 5, 2016 - Dr. WIlliam Hubbard, LPL
The JUNO Mission to Jupiter
Nov. 21, 2016 - Christina Williams, Steward
High Noon in the Universe: Studying the Rapid Growth and Death of Galaxies
Nov. 7, 2016 - Maj. James McGaha, M.S., FRAS, Grasslands Observatory
Green Fireballs! Science, The Cold War & Pseudoscience
Oct. 24, 2016 - Sam Gralla, UA Dept. of Physics
Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, and "Interstellar"
Oct. 10, 2016 - Nick Siegler, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab
The Search for Planets, Habitability, and Life in Our Galaxy
Oct. 3, 2016 - Maxwell Moe, Steward
The Cosmic Tango of Binary Stars
Sept. 19, 2016 - Katie Morzinski, Steward
Taking Pictures of Extrasolar Planets
Spring 2016
Apr. 18, 2016 - Ilaria Pascucci, LPL
Lecture III: Finding Earths Among Other Worlds
Apr. 4, 2016 - Joan Najita, NOAO
Lecture II: The Births of Other Earths
Mar. 21, 2016 - Daniel Apai, Steward
Lecture I: Project EOS and Our Search for Other Earths
Jan. 25, 2016 - Andrew Strominger, Harvard
The Edges of the Universe: Black Holes, Horizon and Strings
Jan. 11, 2016 - Theodora Karalidi, Steward
Cloudy with a Chance of Life: Looking for Rainbows, Clouds and Life on Exoplanets
Jan. 7, 2016 - Rudi Lindner, Univ. of Michigan
The Rise, Death, and Rebirth of Cosmology in the Twentieth Century
Fall 2015
Dec. 7, 2015 - Mark Sykes, Planetary Sciences
Latest Reports from the Dwarf Planets Ceres & Pluto!
Nov. 30, 2015 - Steve Strom, NOAO
A Fusion of Art and Astronomy
Nov. 16, 2015 - Jeff Bennett, Univ. of Colorado/Big Kid Science
What is Relativity? An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas and Why They Matter
Nov. 2, 2015 - Michael Chriss, Steward Observatory
Scientists in Wonderland: The Strange Case of Dr. Velikovsky
Oct. 28, 2015 - Ed Gibson, NASA Astronaut
My Experiences as an Astronaut
Oct. 23, 2015 - Vasily Belokurov, Cambridge, UK
Mark Aaronson Memorial
Oct. 5, 2015 - Mark Gordon, NRAO
Astronomy with Radio Waves: They Give More Information than You'd Guess!
Sept. 17, 2015 - David Campbell, Univ. of Boston
Nonlinear Science: From Paradigms to Practicalities
Sept. 14, 2015 - Daniel McIntosh, Univ. of Missouri-Kansas City
Reflections on Hubble's 25th Anniverasry : The Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Astronomy
Spring 2015
Apr. 20, 2015 - Mark Sykes, PSI
The Dawn Mission at Ceres: Hunting the Great White Spot!
Apr. 6, 2015 - Michael Chriss
The Crime of Galileo
Mar. 23, 2015 - Dr. Gurtina Besla
Galaxy Collisions in our Backyard
Jan. 12, 2015 - Dr. Dan Stark
Searching for Cosmic Dawn:Pursuit of the First Galaxies
Fall 2014
Dec. 8, 2014 - Dr. David Levy
A Nightwatchman's Journey
Nov. 24, 2014 - Dr. Karin Sanstrom
Our Dusty Universe
Nov. 5, 2014 - Dr. Timothy Rowe
PHI BETA KAPPA VISITING SCHOLAR LECTURE
What Happened to the Dinosaurs?
Oct. 27, 2014 - Kaitlin Kratter
Exploring the Architecture of Planetary Systems at Home and Abroad
Oct. 13, 2014 - Megan Reiter
Growing Pains: the Tumultuous Youth of Stars
Sept. 29, 2014 -Dr. Ed Olszewski
The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds and Their Interaction with the Milky Way
Sept. 15, 2014 -Dr. Don McCarthy
Alien Images of Earth and Our Place in Space
Spring 2014
Apr 7, 2014 - Maj. James McGaha, M.S., F.R.A.S.
Treatise on Invisibility
Mar 24, 2014 - Dr. Rachel Bezanson
Galactic Cannibalism: the Growth of Massive Galaxies through Cosmic Time
Mar 10, 2014 -Dr. Micheal Chriss, Steward Observatory
Astronomy and the Muses
2/28/2014: Aaronson Lecturer: Alice Shapley, UCLA
Decoding the Contents of Distant Galaxies
Feb 10, 2014 -Dr. Cameron Hummels
Steward Observatory
The Moon: Formation, Exploration, and Habitation
Jan 27, 2014 -Dr. Buell Jannuzi,Director
Steward Observatory
The Past and Future of Astronomy at Steward Observatory
Jan 13, 2014 - Dr. Jared Males
Steward Observatory
Planets in the Habitable Zone
Fall 2013
Dec 2, 2013 - Beatrice Mueller
Planetary Science Institute
ISON - an Unusual Sungrazing Comet
Nov 18, 2013 - Dr. Paul Bogard
James Madison University
The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light
Oct 28, 2013 - Dr. Michael Sussman
Lunar & Planetary Laboratory
Uranus: The Planet that Woke Up
Oct 14, 2013 - Dr. Christopher Impey,
Distinguished Professor
Steward Observatory
Encountering Life in the Universe: Ethical Foundations and Issues and Social Implications of Astrobiology
Sept 30, 2013 - Desika Narayanan, Bart Bok Fellow
Steward Observatory
The Brightest Galaxies in the Universe
Sept 16, 2013 - Dr. Chris Greer,
Steward Observatory
Imaging a Black Hole from the South Pole
Spring 2013
April 22, 2013 - Dr. Thomas A. Fleming, Laird Close, Prof. Emeritus W. John Cocke,
Steward Observatory
90th Anniversary of the Dedication of the Steward Observatory
April 1, 2013 - Dr. Yancy Shirley, Steward Observatory
Future Solar Systems: Observing the Initial Phase of Star and Planet Formation
March 18, 2013 - Dr. Charlotte Christensen, Steward Observatory
How to Grow a Galaxy: Turning Gas into Stars across the History of the Universe
March 4, 2013 - Dr. Ann Sprague, Lunar & Planetary Laboratory
Messenger at Mercury: 5 Years Later
February 18, 2013 - Dr. Dave Arnett, Steward Observatory
American Astronomical Society 2012 Henry Norris Russell Lecturer
Computers and Thinking
February 4, 2013 - Dr. Richard Poss, Steward Observatory
Plurality of Worlds: From Lucretius to the Kepler Mission
January 14, 2013 - Dr. Thomas Fleming, Steward Observatory
Why Does the Sun Shine?
Fall 2012
December, 3, 2012 - Maj. James McGaha, M.S., FRAS
Director, Grasslands Observatory
2012 Doomsday! World Apocalypse?
November 16, 2012 - Dr. Pieter van Dokkum,
Marc Aaronson Memorial Lecture
The Rise of Galaxies
November 5, 2012 - Dr. Fulvio Melia, Steward Observatory
The Cosmic Spacetime
October 22, 2012 - Carl Hergenrother, Lunar Planetary Lab
21st. Century Prospecting: The Near Earth Asteroid 1999 RQ36 and the OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Mission
October 8, 2012 - Dr. Neville Woolf, Steward Observatory
Life: A Phenomemon Rooted in Astronomy
September 24, 2012 - Dr. Chris Impey, Steward Observatory
How It Began!
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Spring 2012
April 16, 2012 - Dr. Brant Robertson, Steward Observatory
Galaxies at the Edge of the Universe
April 02, 2012 - Dr. Andrew Skemer, Steward Observatory
Pictures of Alien Worlds
March 19, 2012 - Dr. Daniel Apai, Steward Observatory
The Search for Other Earths
February 27, 2012 - Dr. John Schaefer President Emeritus, University of Arizona
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
February 06, 2012 - Dr. Elizabeth Green, Steward Observatory
Kepler, Astroseismology, and Serendipitous Planets
January 30, 2012 - Dr. Dante Lauretta, Lunar Planetary Lab
The OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission
Fall 2011
December 5, 2011 - Dr. Marie Rex, Steward Observatory
Looking Beyond the Visible: A Submillimeter View of Star Formation
November 28, 2011 - Dr. Daniel Marrone, Steward Observatory
The Cosmology of Elephants
November 14, 2011 - Dr. Dennis Zaritsky, Steward Observatory
Trespassing and Larceny: The Sordid History of the Magellanic Clouds
October 17, 2011 - Dr. Donald McCarthy, Steward Observatory
Spacetime, Multiple Universes, and Time Travel: The Outrageous Legacy of Astronomy Camp (XXV)
September 19, 2011 - Dr. Thomas Fleming, Steward Observatory
The Naming of the Stars & Constellations
Spring 2011
January 31, 2011 - Dr. Eliza Kempton, Lick Observatory
Revealing the Atmospheres of Extrasolar Super-Earths
January 24, 2011 - Dr. Meg Urry, Yale University
Supermassive Black Hole Growth and Galaxy Evolution
March 28, 2011 - Dr. Nathan Smith, Steward Observatory
Massive Stars and their Temper Tantrums
April 11, 2011 - Prof. Shane Byrne, Lunar Planetary Lab
Mars: A dynamic World
Fall 2010
December 6, 2010 - Dr. Casey Meakin, Steward Observatory
Supercomputing Stars: A Story of Big Numbers, Chaos, and Complexity
November 15, 2010 - Dr. Hannah Jang-Condell,
University of Maryland, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
How to Find Baby Planets
November 8, 2010 - Dr. Josh Eisner, Steward Observatory
Zooming in on Star and Planet Formation
October 25, 2010 - Dr. Timothy Swindle, Lunar Planetary Lab
How Old is Old? Finding the Ages of Rocks and Planets
October 11, 2010 - Dr. Marcia Rieke, Steward Observatory
New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophyscis: How Astronomers Pick the Next Big Thing
September 27, 2010 - Dr. Andrew Marble, Steward Observatory
Cosmic Mirages: The Widest Separation Gravitationally Lensed Quasars

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