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Solar Week is now Space Weather Explorers Week

A new program for Fall 2023

Karin Hauck / Friday, April 7, 2023

Hello heliophysics education enthusiasts, we have good news. The Solar Week program is returning! It will have a couple of new “flavors” —that is, an expanded reach and area of focus—and because of that, we are renaming it Space Weather Explorers Week.

NASA is partnering with scientists and engineers around the country to create a space mission that will study Earth's outermost atmosphere and how it interacts with the Sun. It's a part of the space environment around Earth called the Exosphere. The mission is named the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory.

At UC Berkeley, we will be creating a website with information about the mission science, and the people behind it. The website will feature educational activities, videos, games and opportunities to talk with space scientists.

Full Spectrum: Documentary Film Project

Bryan Mendez / Thursday, February 6, 2020

“The stars are there for everyone to see, and anyone can study their mysteries.”

Ask anyone in the United States to picture a space scientist, do an internet image search for ‘scientist,’ ‘astronomer,’ or ‘physicist,’ or open up a children’s book about different careers and you will overwhelming get pictures of white men in white lab coats holding flasks of colored liquids. Putting aside the colorful liquids and lab coats, why are they mostly white men?

The truth is, if the average American has ever encountered an actual space scientist they probably were a white man. About 80% of space scientists in the United States are men, and 80% are white.

Full Spectrum is a documentary film project telling the stories of research scientists and engineers who identify with groups underrepresented in the space sciences in the United States (African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asians, Women, LGBTIQ people, and persons with disabilities).

CANCELLED: Save the Date: Cal Day! Sat., Apr. 18, 2020

Karin Hauck / Monday, December 2, 2019

We're all about space! Join us for Cal Day, Saturday, April 18th, 2020, from 12 noon-5pm, the one day each year that the Space Sciences Lab at UC Berkeley opens its doors to the public. Shuttles will be transporting the public every 20 minutes or so from Hearst Mining Circle on campus to Space Sciences Lab (the last stop after Lawrence Hall of Science). Activities include walking tours of UC Berkeley’s cutting-edge space science research lab, as well as talks on current research and hands-on activities for all ages!

Join us for Cal Day! (Sat., Apr. 13th)

Karin Hauck / Friday, March 15, 2019

Join us for Cal Day, Saturday, April 13th, from 11am-5pm, the one day each year that the Space Sciences Lab at UC Berkeley opens its doors to the public. Shuttles will be transporting the public every 20 minutes or so from Hearst Mining Circle on campus to Space Sciences Lab (the last stop after Lawrence Hall of Science). Activities include walking tours of UC Berkeley’s cutting-edge space science research lab, as well as talks on current research and hands-on activities for all ages!

"Magnetic Mars" Engages Lay Audiences in Science

Karin Hauck / Friday, November 30, 2018

The MAVEN communications and outreach team has developed a variety of resources to intrigue the public with the discoveries from its Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, including four tips for communicating that science. An article describing these resources published today (Nov. 30, 2018) in the American Geophysical Union (AGU) journal EOS (Earth and Space Science News).

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