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Events

Department Talks and Public Lectures

Department Colloquia - Held on Wednesdays at 4:05pm in ATL 2400
PALS: Planetary Astronomy Lunchtime Series - Usually held on Mondays at 11:15am in ATL 1250
BANG!: Better Astronomy for a New Generation - Usually held on Thursdays from 4-5pm in PSC 1136
CTC: Center for Theory and Computation - Usually held on Wednesdays at 11:30 in PSC 1136
HEAT: High-Energy and Transients - Usually held on Fridays at 2-3PM in PSC 1136
Hot Papers on astro-ph (hp-astro-ph) - Meets most Tuesdays at 11:45am-12:15pm in PSC 1136; Open to all department members

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November 16

PALS: Ronald Ballouz, JHU APL

Mon, Nov 16 2026

11:15am - 12:15pm

ATL 1250 & Zoom

Spacecraft Thruster Plume-Surface Interaction for Characterization of Hazardous Asteroids

November 18

CTC Seminar: Nathan Walker, Oregon State

Wed, Nov 18 2026

11:30am - 12:30pm

PSC 1136 & Zoom

Connecting Gamma-Ray Burst Central Engines to the Photosphere

November 18

Dept Colloquium: Drs. Brendan O'Connor, Yu-Hsuan Teng, UMD Astronomy

Wed, Nov 18 2026

4:05 - 5:00pm

ATL 2400

O'Connor: The Landscape of Relativistic Stellar Explosions in the Einstein Probe Era Teng: Resolving the Rise and Fall of Star Formation across Nearby Galaxies

November 19