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“Are We Alone, What is life, What are we doing to find it”
is the subject of this month’s Estes Valley Astronomical Society (EVAS) meeting, Friday, February 24 from 7:00 – 10:00 PM. Note the change from are usual Thursday night meeting to Friday. This was done to accommodate our speaker’s busy schedule. The EVAS meeting and public open house will be held at the Estes Park Memorial Observatory, 1600 Manford Ave., (park in the teachers parking lot North of the high school; directions are posted at (www.AngelsAbove.org).
Our guest speaker for the evening is John Ensworth a Senior Science Education Specialist at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies working with NASA Headquarters in Washington DC. He conducts independent reviews of all Earth and space science education products produced by or for NASA. He conducts workshops and professional development opportunities year round and at national science education meetings. He has a masters degree in meteorology from the University of Oklahoma and has undergraduate degrees in physics & astronomy, geography & meteorology with minors in math and computer science.
What is life? Are there extreme environments on Earth where we are surprised to find life? Does this tell us anything about where we might find life elsewhere in the universe? We will explore science’s search for life on Earth and in the solar system. We’ll get an update on our search for Earth-like worlds in our stellar neighborhood and will look at the efforts of programs like SETI (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) and see how you can contribute to the search.
The Hubble Space Telescope stared into seemingly empty space for 11 days in an area much smaller than a dime at
arm’s length to obtain this image of nearly 10,000 galaxies. Every dot, smudge and streak in this image represents
a galaxy ranging in age from a few hundred million years old to over 10 billion years old.
The lecture is free to the public and no reservations necessary. Just come and join us and be ready to ask questions!
For more information, please call the observatory at 970-586-5668 or check the
Map to the EPMO