Upcoming Events at MOAS
Sat Feb 22, 10:00 AM - Sat Feb 22, 5:00 PM
352 S Nova Rd, Daytona Beach, FL 32114
Community: Daytona Beach
Description
Bring the whole family for a full day of activities as we celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Sciences.
Event Details
This large event will have a full array of expert female scientific speakers and presenters from various disciplines such as astronomy, biology, environmental science, chemistry, and engineering. There will be guest speakers in the Lohman Planetarium, as well as speakers and demonstrations throughout the Museum.
Seating for our guest lectures is limited and is first-come, first-served.
Admission: Free for members or with paid museum admission.
Just some of the accomplished women that will be presenting...
Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell
University of Oxford
Enjoy a talk by groundbreaking British astronomer, Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell who, along with Antony Hewish, first discovered pulsars in 1967 with the aid of a radio telescope specifically designed to record very rapid fluctuations in radio sources.
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Dr. Allison Kirkpatrick
University of Kansas
https://physics.ku.edu/kirkpatrick-allison
Hearts of Darkness: The Monster Black Holes Hidden in Galaxies
All galaxies host a supermassive black hole at their centers, more than a million times the mass of our Sun! These monsters are often lurking unseen behind thick blankets of dust and gas. Using space telescopes we will uncover the secrets at the centers of galaxies in the distant universe 7-10 billion years in the past. This is an epoch in which galaxies are actively feeding their black holes, wreaking havoc on the galaxy ecosystem. I will discuss how these monsters grow, what the environment is like near a black hole, and the exciting future of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole.
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Astronaut Nicole Stott
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Alumni and retired NASA astronaut with 103 days in space.
An Out-of-this-World Chat with Astronaut and Artist Nicole Stott
A video chat in the Lohman Planetarium with Astronaut Nicole Stott about her career and what it was like being a woman in the astronaut corps
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Dr. Ashley Lear
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Professor of Humanities and Composition
https://faculty.erau.edu/Ashley.Lear
Where No Woman Has Gone
Seating for our guest lectures is limited and is first-come, first-served.
Admission: Free for members or with paid museum admission.
Just some of the accomplished women that will be presenting...
Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell
University of Oxford
Enjoy a talk by groundbreaking British astronomer, Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell who, along with Antony Hewish, first discovered pulsars in 1967 with the aid of a radio telescope specifically designed to record very rapid fluctuations in radio sources.
______________________________________________________
Dr. Allison Kirkpatrick
University of Kansas
https://physics.ku.edu/kirkpatrick-allison
Hearts of Darkness: The Monster Black Holes Hidden in Galaxies
All galaxies host a supermassive black hole at their centers, more than a million times the mass of our Sun! These monsters are often lurking unseen behind thick blankets of dust and gas. Using space telescopes we will uncover the secrets at the centers of galaxies in the distant universe 7-10 billion years in the past. This is an epoch in which galaxies are actively feeding their black holes, wreaking havoc on the galaxy ecosystem. I will discuss how these monsters grow, what the environment is like near a black hole, and the exciting future of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole.
______________________________________________________
Astronaut Nicole Stott
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Alumni and retired NASA astronaut with 103 days in space.
An Out-of-this-World Chat with Astronaut and Artist Nicole Stott
A video chat in the Lohman Planetarium with Astronaut Nicole Stott about her career and what it was like being a woman in the astronaut corps
______________________________________________________
Dr. Ashley Lear
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Professor of Humanities and Composition
https://faculty.erau.edu/Ashley.Lear
Where No Woman Has Gone
