The event is scheduled for Friday night (March 19) on Zoom.
Texas Tech University's Department of Physics & Astronomy will host Astronight Friday evening (March 19), highlighting NASA's Perseverance Rover and the search for life on Mars. Starting at 7 p.m., the event will include a talk, "How to Look for Ancient Life with a Robot: Why the Search for Life in the Universe Starts on Mars," as well as science demonstrations and telescope viewing in different Zoom rooms. A full schedule with Zoom links is available here.
EVENT:
7 p.m. "How to Look for Ancient Life with a Robot: Why the Search for Life in the Universe
Starts on Mars," a discussion by Michael Tice, a Texas A&M University researcher on the mission team. The presentation will be
followed by a Q&A session.
Meeting ID: 969 6722 5552
Passcode: 91993
8 p.m. Tesla coils demonstration, with explanations available in English and Spanish
Meeting ID: 455 088 1293
Password: 123456
8 p.m. Spectroscopy demonstration by Texas Tech doctoral student Manuel Pichardo Marcano, with explanations available in English and Spanish
Meeting ID: 959 2388 4541
Password: 563855
8 p.m. Sunset in a glass demonstration by research assistant Arvind Balasubramanian
Meeting ID: 973 9922 1537
Passcode: 801078
8:15 p.m. Telescope viewing (weather permitting) from the Preston Gott Observatory hosted by doctorial student
Richard Camuccio and student assistant Darien Perla, with additional commentary from assistant professor
Thomas Kupfer
Meeting ID: 969 6722 5552
Passcode: 91993