Join us for a special Star Party Live on Tuesday, August 11, starting at 8 PM EDT. Other timezones: 00:00UTC (Aug 12th) ¦ 5 PM PDT ¦ 5:30 AM IST Join Slooh Astronomer Paul Cox and astrophotographer extraordinaire Dr. Mike Shaw for this special Star Party to learn how you can photograph the Perseids Meteor Shower! Mike Shaw is one of the best nightscapes astrophotographers in the world, and he leads the Nightscapes club at Slooh. He will explain how you can use DSLR and mirrorless cameras to photograph one of the most popular meteor showers of the year - the Perseids. Paul and Mike will also have details of Slooh's live coverage of the meteor shower on Wednesday, August 12th starting at 7 PM EDT (23:00UTC)! All members can watch live on the show page or join the Zoom Webinar to ask questions and participate!

In this episode of SETI Live we’ll explore the unprecedented opportunity emerging to monitor, predict and simulate our planet in near real-time. This has been enabled by twin revolutions; firstly the emergence of high-resolution, high-temporal and hyper-spectral geospatial data from FDL partners like, NASA, Planet and Lockheed Martin and secondly, the emergence of cloud compute and AI infrastructure from partners like Google Cloud. This session will discuss the implications and opportunities unlocked by these two revolutions, where will be joined by FDL partners from Planet, USGS, Lockheed, MIT and Google. In this session we’ll also discuss the upcoming results of FDL 2020, illustrating the potential of these technologies to assist the prediction of tornadoes, droughts and floods.

The second in our two event series about Theories of Everything! Watch the first one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_izocEgArtQ Please subscribe to Brian Keating's YouTube Channel to watch one-on-one interviews with the guest speakers and more: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating Existing Theories of Everything have not yet produced experimental evidence that solves the fundamental challenges facing physics. That lack of progress has opened up a sea of controversy, from disagreements about the very necessity of TOEs, to questioning the cost/benefit of mega-billion dollar particle accelerators in search of them, to the emergence of competing TOEs from physicists outside of the academic community. In this 90 minute chat we dive into the existential questions around TOEs. Special thanks to Brian Keating, Lee Smolin, Sabine Hossenfelder, and Eric Weinstein for helping us create this great event. Our Guests' Work: Sabine Hossenfelder YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/SabineHossenfelder Lost in Math: How Beauty Led Physics Astray: https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/sabine-hossenfelder/lost-in-math/9781541646766/ Eric Weinstein The Portal Podcast: https://ericweinstein.org/ The Portal Wiki: https://projects.theportal.wiki/ Lee Smolin Einstein's Unfinished Revolution: The Search for What Lies Beyond the Quantum https://www.amazon.com/Einsteins-Unfinished-Revolution-Search-Quantum/dp/1594206198/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=lee+smolin&qid=1597087375&s=books&sr=1-1 Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe https://www.amazon.com/Time-Reborn-Lee-Smolin/dp/0544245598/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=lee+smolin&qid=1597087375&s=books&sr=1-2 Three Roads to Quantum Gravity https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465094546/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i3 The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/061891868X/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i2 The Life of the Cosmos https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195126645/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i4

Several followers of The Astro Imaging Channel took some incredible photos of Comet NEOWISE, and we've compiled them here! Thank you to everyone who contributed. https://www.theastroimagingchannel.org/

Join us for a “Cosmic Conversation” Live featuring Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the SETI Institute. We’ll discuss new approaches to looking for E.T., including the latest efforts to uncover signals from extraterrestrial intelligence, as well as some disturbing ideas that could change the way we hunt for cosmic company.

What are the leading Theories of Everything? Brian discusses this topic with some of world's leading physicists and we'll give you a preview here! Watch the full discussion on Brian Keating's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MX8EpvLwao?sub_confirmation=1 Please subscribe to Brian Keating's Channel! https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating Visit Brian's website and join his mailing list for fun giveaways: https://BrianKeating.com Follow Brian Keating on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating Follow Brian Keating on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrBrianKeating/ #LiveAstronomy #DeepAstronomy #AstroBookshelf Join our Chat on Discord here: https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Watch Tony's Twitch Tuesdays on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/DeepAstronomy

Cosmic Coffee explores a different topic in astronomy or planetary science each week. This week, Lowell Observatory Historian Kevin Schindler takes us on a behind-the-scenes tour of the venerable Slipher Building. He'll explore the legendary underground vaults, visit the spot where Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto, and scamper through the attic, where Percival Lowell's ghost purportedly roams. Cosmic Coffee is presented each Thursday at 9am AZ/PT.

What does the most amazing nebula in the sky look like in 3d? And what do we know about this incredible birthplace of baby stars and planets? Phil LaMarr takes us on a journey to the great nebula in the constellation of Orion with his astronomy guests Jessica Harris and Frank Summers. Together they peel back the mysteries of this beautiful spectacle and explain how we can figure out what a two-dimensional picture of a nebula might look like in 3D! The make sure to explore the Orion Nebula for yourself at: universeunplugged.org/video/astroviz-orion PHIL LAMARR (Host) A Los Angeles native, Phil is an alumnus of Yale University and The Groundlings Theater and perhaps is best known as one of the original cast members of MAD TV, as “Hermes” on FUTURAMA, as "Marvin" in PULP FICTION, “Green Lantern” on JUSTICE LEAGUE and as the voice of SAMURAI JACK. For over 30 years Phil has thrilled audiences with his work on camera and behind the microphone on TV shows such as STATIC SHOCK, FAMILY GUY, STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS, the CW’s THE FLASH & SUPERGIRL, GET SHORTY, LUCIFER and VEEP; feature films like MADAGASCAR 2, INCREDIBLES 2, and THE LION KING (2019) and video games including FORTNITE, SHADOW OF MORDOR, and the INJUSTICE, METAL GEAR SOLID, and the MORTAL KOMBAT series. JESSICA HARRIS (Astronomer) Jessica is a physicist, informal educator, science communicator, and diversity and inclusions change agent. She has a decade of progressive leadership experience in education and public outreach (EPO) and equity, diversity, and inclusion. She is an enthusiastic and engaging public speaker with an affinity of explaining complex science topics to a variety of audiences large and small. FRANK SUMMERS (Astronomer) Dr. Frank Summers is an outreach astrophysicist who illuminates and elucidates the awesome beauty and intricate wonders of our universe. His expertise spans a diverse range from research cosmology and high-performance computing to scientific visualization, education, and public engagement. For almost two decades, he has contributed to all aspects of the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope press, education, and outreach through news media, web sites, educational programs, social media, museums and planetariums.

Tune in to a live webcast with Rocket Lab’s CEO and founder Peter Beck to hear an update on Rocket Lab’s launch activity, reusability, and satellite programs. Plus, live Q&A with viewers.

Armchair Astrophysics: Finding Physics Far and Wide Dr. Quyen Hart, Space Telescope Science Institute What do echoes, bubbles, and fireworks have to do with astrophysics? What do highway traffic jams and galaxy spiral arms have in common? Some of your everyday experiences can be explained using some basic physics concepts and some of our cosmic observations have analogues in what we see around us. The laws of physics are universal, so astronomers apply our understanding of physics here on Earth to everything in the universe. Join Dr. Quyen Hart of the Space Telescope Science Institute for “Armchair Astrophysics: Finding Physics Far and Wide” on Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. EDT, to explore the physics of familiar phenomena and learn where the same physics are working “out there” in the cosmos. Armchairs are not required, but highly recommended. Recorded live on Tuesday, August 4, 2020. More information: www.stsci.edu/public-lectures

SpaceX successfully performed a 150-meter hop test with the Starship SN5 prototype in Boca Chica, Texas. The hop was the first flight of a full-scale Starship tank section. Updates: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=51332.40 Articles: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/starship/

Starship SN5, equipped with a single Raptor engine (SN27), will attempt a hop at SpaceX's development and launch site at Boca Chica, Texas. The test article will rise to a maximum altitude of about 150 meters and translate a similar distance downrange to the landing pad. The flight should last approximately one minute and follow a trajectory very similar to Starhopper's 150 meter hop in August of 2019. The Raptor engine is offset slightly from the vehicle's vertical axis, so some unusual motion is to be expected as SN5 lifts off, reorients the engine beneath the vehicle's center of mass, and lands. SN5 has six legs stowed inside the skirt which will be deployed in flight for landing. The exact launch time may not be known until just a few minutes before launch, and will be preceded by a local siren about 10 minutes ahead of time. O 👏 M 👏 G 👏 !!!! Hop happens at 12:45 😱😱😱😱 RAW VIDEO SOURCES: ➡️ NASASpaceFlight.com: https://youtu.be/VwC6LG_z8zE ➡️ LabPadre: https://youtu.be/5QbM7Vsz3kg ➡️ Everyday Astronaut: https://youtu.be/NJR4gZBLMNw #SpaceX #SN5 #Starship ➡️http://patreon.com/overlookhorizon ************************************************************** To learn more about our weather balloon flights, Arduino based flight computer, APRS transmitter, RTTY radio transmitter, ham radio balloon tracking methods or any of our other on-board technology and data sensors visit ➡️ http://overlookhorizon.com Connect with us ➡️http://overlookhorizon.com ➡️http://youtube.com/OLHZN ➡️http://facebook.com/overlookhorizon ➡️http://twitter.com/OLHZN ➡️http://instagram.com/OLHZN ➡️http://patreon.com/overlookhorizon ➡️http://reddit.com/u/olhzn ➡️http://overlookhorizon.com/discord 501(c)(3) Charitable Donations ➡️http://overlookhorizon.com/donate ➡️https://donorbox.org/olhzn ➡️https://paypal.com/fundraiser/charity/2727446 ➡️https://smile.amazon.com/ch/82-3099711 Shop & see the weather balloon equipment we use: ➡️http://overlookhorizon.com/shop ➡️http://overlookhorizon.com/shirts ➡️http://overlookhorizon.com/photos Giveaway Rules No Purchase Necessary. Purchase/donation does not enhance chance of winning. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. Valid only during the live broadcast. Official Rules: http://olhzn.com/rules -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Watch a full flight with beautiful views from launch to the stratosphere and back over Finger Lakes in NY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZwq86wWknk -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-

We are holding a VIRTUAL meeting this month due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Schedule: 6:30 PM: Board meeting (Webex only) 7:30 PM: YouTube goes live / Introductions 7:35 PM: In the News, In the Sky 7:50 PM: Officers' reports, Special Interest Groups 8:00 PM: Observing Reports, Ask an Astronomy Question 8:15 PM: Short talk 8:30 PM: Informal discussion 8:45 PM: Feature talk If you'd like to join the webex to speak and share your video if you wish, please email [email protected] Main Talk: “The Moon is Not Boring” (and Other Lunar Misconceptions) by Jeff MacLeod To the layperson, it can be easy to take the Moon for granted; for the astronomer, it can be easy to ignore the Moon entirely, as it can obscure “more interesting” objects. Isn’t the Moon always the same? NO! The moon is much more dynamic that most give it credit for. In his presentation Jeff Macleod will unravel all these subtle details, as well as dispelling many common misconnections and illusions involving the Moon. Jeff MacLeod is currently a physics and astronomy major at Wayne State University (less than a year to go!). He is also a former President of the Warren Astronomical Society. He is a presenter at the Wayne State Planetarium as well as a Solar System Ambassador for NASA. He has been obsessed with space nearly his entire life and finds no greater joy than sharing his obsession with the world. Short Talk: The Best Online (and Offline) Resources For Astronomers by Jon Blum A few months ago, a new WAS member asked the board for a presentation to cover nine specific categories of resources for beginner amateur astronomers. Jon Blum accepted this assignment. In this talk he will briefly cover astronomy phone apps, podcasts, software, books and other topics, with suggestions for each. Jon Blum joined the WAS in order come to our observing events at Stargate, to learn how to use a telescope that his children bought him for a retirement present. Then he discovered that he needed to come to our indoor meetings to understand what he was seeing in the telescope. But the best thing he has learned in the past 18 years is that WAS members are smart, friendly and fun to be with. During the isolation of the current pandemic, he values his WAS friends more than ever, even if he can only see them on Zoom and WebEx. --- Post-meeting "gastronomy" at the Redcoat Tavern will resume when we can do so safely. The Tavern does offer carryout if you wish to enjoy their fare. --- The views expressed in presentations are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent, and should not be attributed to, the Warren Astronomical Society.

Gene and Rachel from Spadre [@SouthPadreIsle] are right at the edge of the exclusion zone with one of my my slow motion cameras to catch SpaceX perform a test flight of Starship SN-5! Follow my friends @SpacePadreIsle for all their hard work and help! - https://twitter.com/SpacePadreIsle -------------------------- Want to support what I do? Consider becoming a Patreon supporter for access to exclusive livestreams, our discord channel and subreddit! - http://patreon.com/everydayastronaut Or become a YouTube member for some bonus perks as well! - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6uKrU_WqJ1R2HMTY3LIx5Q/join The best place for all your space merch needs! https://everydayastronaut.com/shop/ All music is original! Check out my album "Maximum Aerodynamic Pressure" anywhere you listen to music (Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, etc) or click here for easy links - http://everydayastronaut.com/music I'm the cohost of an awesome podcast where we talk all about current technologies and how they shape our future! http://ourludicrousfuture.com or here on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/ourludicrousfuture

“There is something odd about time” – Albert Einstein With the understanding that the speed of light is constant for all observers, Einstein conducted one of his famous thought experiments using an imaginary ‘Light clock’ and uncovered the counter intuitive nature of Special Relativity. In this presentation I review our basis for measuring time and explore how that might be different when leaving the comfort of Earth,before venturing into the strangeness Einstein found and heading toward 2018 where the ‘Light Clock’ became a real and its revelations due to General Relativity.

Join us for a discussion on transient objects (comets, meteors, and more!) with Graeme Hay of Ember Sky Media! https://www.theastroimagingchannel.org/ To Donate to TAIC https://tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC https://www.facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857/ #astrophotography

After 62 days in space, approximately 1,024 orbits around our planet and four spacewalks, our #LaunchAmerica crew members made their way home! On Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020, NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley returned to Earth aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft. They splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida at 2:48 p.m. EDT.

Crew Demo-2 Departure - https://youtu.be/sl2jo1bSxl8 Crew Demo-2 Return Coast Phase - https://youtu.be/zMsxviPT2Cw Crew Demo-2 Splashdown - Watching Now On Saturday, May 30, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched Crew Dragon’s second demonstration (Demo-2) mission from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and the next day Crew Dragon autonomously docked to the International Space Station. This test flight with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley aboard the Dragon spacecraft returned human spaceflight to the United States. SpaceX and NASA are now targeting 7:34 p.m. EDT on Saturday, August 1 for Crew Dragon to autonomously undock from the Space Station, with the two astronauts aboard the spacecraft, and return to Earth. Approximately 19 hours later, after jettisoning its trunk and re-entering Earth’s atmosphere, Dragon will splash down at one of seven targeted water landing sites off the coast of Florida at 2:42 p.m. EDT on Sunday, August 2. The Demo-2 mission is the final major milestone for SpaceX’s human spaceflight system to be certified by NASA for operational crew missions to and from the International Space Station. Once the Demo-2 mission is complete, and the SpaceX and NASA teams have reviewed all the data for certification, NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, Shannon Walker, and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi will fly on Dragon’s first six-month operational mission (Crew-1) targeted for late September.

SpaceX will undock from the International Space Station for the first time with their Crew Dragon capsule carrying 2 American astronauts. The undock procedures and hatch closure begin about 2 hours prior to the actual undocking, followed by a number of departure burns on the Crew Dragon capsule to complete the undock. Splashdown Live Event: https://youtu.be/v6ZUuXtKpX4 SpaceX launched the second demonstration mission of its Crew Dragon vehicle as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Transportation Capability Program (CCtCap), carrying two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. This mission is the first crewed flight to launch from the United States since the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011. DM-2 demonstrates the Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon's ability to safely transport crew to the space station and back to Earth and it is the last major milestone for certification of Crew Dragon. NASA has extend the mission duration to allow the astronauts to participate as Expedition 63 crew members. Spacecraft Commander: Doug Hurley Joint Operations Commander: Bob Behnken Booster Core: 1058.1 (brand new) Capsule: C206 (brand new) Booster Landing: YES (ocean landing, OCISLY) #SpaceX #DM2 #Undock ➡️http://patreon.com/overlookhorizon ************************************************************** To learn more about our weather balloon flights, Arduino based flight computer, APRS transmitter, RTTY radio transmitter, ham radio balloon tracking methods or any of our other on-board technology and data sensors visit ➡️ http://overlookhorizon.com Connect with us ➡️http://overlookhorizon.com ➡️http://youtube.com/OLHZN ➡️http://facebook.com/overlookhorizon ➡️http://twitter.com/OLHZN ➡️http://instagram.com/OLHZN ➡️http://patreon.com/overlookhorizon ➡️http://reddit.com/u/olhzn ➡️http://overlookhorizon.com/discord 501(c)(3) Charitable Donations ➡️http://overlookhorizon.com/donate ➡️https://donorbox.org/olhzn ➡️https://paypal.com/fundraiser/charity/2727446 ➡️https://smile.amazon.com/ch/82-3099711 Shop & see the weather balloon equipment we use: ➡️http://overlookhorizon.com/shop ➡️http://overlookhorizon.com/shirts ➡️http://overlookhorizon.com/photos Giveaway Rules No Purchase Necessary. Purchase/donation does not enhance chance of winning. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. Valid only during the live broadcast. Official Rules: http://olhzn.com/rules -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Watch a full flight with beautiful views from launch to the stratosphere and back over Finger Lakes in NY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZwq86wWknk -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-