Eastbay Astronomical Society

To increase knowledge and appreciation of space, and to support Chabot Space and Science Center.

[Eastbay Astronomical Society @EastbayAstro]

EAS Talk: Assembling Life:  How can life begin on Earth and other habitable planets? 🌎🌌

By Dr. David Deamer, Department of Biomolecular Engineering at
UC Santa Cruz

Saturday, June 15
Chabot Space and Science Center
10,000 Skyline Blvd.
7:30 p.m. in the Galileo room

[Eastbay Astronomical Society @EastbayAstro]

There are a few new "stars" in the night sky now, thanks to Elon Musk's Starlink satellites: https://t.co/6nluJPymGd

What does this mean for us amateur astronomers?

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Massive Martian Ice Discovery Opens a Window into the Red Planet's History ❄

https://t.co/Jv11G68Cv6

[Chabot Space & Science Center @ChabotSpace]

ROLL CALL! ARE YOU READY FOR TINKERFEST?
@PlayWell_TEK @FixitClinic @EastbayAstro @BAICFF @BlackGirlsCode @AviationInst @artbot_toys @amped_atelier @OchoCandy @PlayworksNorCal @RocktheBike @wonderfulideaco @SF_MCD @TheMADE @lukeslocalstore @art_in_action

[Chabot Space & Science Center @ChabotSpace]

@EastbayAstro Are you ready for Tinkerfest? We can't wait for your Telescope Maker's Workshop!
https://t.co/s7gJy0yIcN

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First EVER image of a black hole was released today by scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

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EAS Talk: New Horizons, NASA’s Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission, and the 2014 MU69 (“Ultima Thule”) Encounter

Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Moore from NASA Ames Research Center

April 20, 7:30 - 9:30pm at Chabot Space and Science Center

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EAS 95th Annual Awards Dinner

This Sunday, March 10 at 6pm in Chabot Space and Science Center's Astronomy Hall

Tickets: Dinner is $45 until March 7th, and $55 after

Lecture only tickets will be available for $10 at the door

[International Space Station @Space_Station]

The first @Commercial_Crew mission arrived at the space station today when the @SpaceX #CrewDragon completed soft capture on the Harmony module at 5:51am ET. #LaunchAmerica https://t.co/Bgcgac0O50

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Happy discovery day, Pluto!

In less than 1 (Pluto) year, you've been theorized, discovered, classified as a planet, and promoted to king of the Kuiper Belt

#PlutoDay !

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February EAS Lecture:

"The Moon Mess"
by Javier Barbuzano
Science Journalist for Sky and Telescope and El Pais

Saturnday, February 23 at 7:30 p.m.
Chabot Space and Science Center
10,000 Skyline Blvd.
7:30 p.m. in the Galileo room.

For more info: https://t.co/Zbx7yGuO78

[NYT Science @NYTScience]

To be taken out by one of the most ferocious storms on Mars in decades, “That’s an honorable death,” said the Opportunity rover's principal investigator https://t.co/Bn3wMEUljd

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REMINDER: We will be having our first EAS Lecture of 2019 on this upcoming Saturday, January 26 at 7:30pm

Resolving the Local Universe with the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes, with guest lecturer Dan Weisz! 🌌

More information at: https://t.co/zYxioE2EHU

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It may be a little rainy in the Bay Area, but if you're lucky enough to have clear skies overhead tonight, look up! #TotalLunarEclipse

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The future that we've only dreamed of is becoming a reality 🌱

https://t.co/5Nt8OLxDHl

[The Associated Press @AP]

The Chinese rover Jade Rabbit 2 on the "dark" side of the moon makes its tracks on the soft lunar surface. https://t.co/SHC7Uu8b0a

[Johns Hopkins APL @JHUAPL]

THIS is #UltimaThule.

The image taken by @NASANewHorizons - shown in its original version (left) & sharpened version (on right) - is the most detailed image of the farthest object ever explored by a spacecraft. https://t.co/gItPsMvbPC @NASA

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"In the end, the simulations predicted that in several hundred million years, the Large Magellanic Cloud will turn around and head straight for the center of the Milky Way." 🌌

https://t.co/TWvkWApfz2

[NASA New Horizons @NASANewHorizons]

On #NewYearsEve, @NASANewHorizons will perform the most distant planetary flyby ever as it zooms past an object nicknamed #UltimaThule. Make sure to follow our partner @JHUAPL for updates: https://t.co/f3IkfRXZ1H

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First EAS Talk of 2019:

Resolving the Local Universe with the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes - with Dan Weisz

Sat Jan 26, 2019
Chabot Space and Science Center
10,000 Skyline Blvd.
7:30 p.m. in the Galileo room