Dec 08 2017
Talk & Tasting: The Race to Discover Life Beyond Earth

Talk & Tasting: The Race to Discover Life Beyond Earth

Presented by Gaithersburg Community Museum at Gaithersburg Community Museum

Imaginations were engaged last spring when NASA announced the likelihood of seven possibly life sustaining planets in the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system. Dr. Alan Boss from the Carnegie Institute discusses the continued search for life sustaining planets in our solar system and beyond.

Dr. Alan Boss leads a ground-based astrometric planet search effort at the Carnegie Institute's Las Campanas Observatory in Chile.

Reception features whiskeys from Miscellaneous Distillery in Frederick.

Reception at 7:00/Talk at 7:30

Admission Info

$10 includes pre-talk reception with whiskey tasting and talk.

Phone: 301-258-6160

Email: museum@gaithersburgmd.gov

Dates & Times

2017/12/08 - 2017/12/08

Location Info

Gaithersburg Community Museum

9 S. Summit Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD 20877