Adult Education Classes

Description

Beyond our solar system are untold numbers of worlds orbiting other stars. Some of these worlds may be similar to the planets of our own solar system, but many are unlike anything we are familiar with. In this class we will learn how astronomers find exoplanets and the different types they have discovered.

Date & Time: Thursday, March 12 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm

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In this class we will learn about the life cycles of stars. How do they form? How do they change over time? And how do they end? We will learn about the different types of stars such as blue giants, red dwarfs, and yellow stars similar to our own. We will look at stars that vary in brightness and how these unusual celestial objects enabled us to measure the size of the universe.

Date & Time: Thursday, April 9  from 7:00 - 9:00 pm

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The Milky Way is just one of billions of galaxies spinning through the universe. In this class we will learn about the anatomy of galaxies and how they change over time. We will explore different kinds of galaxies, including the most distant galaxies that formed near the beginning of the universe. We will find out what happens when galaxies merge together and how this process may have shaped our own Milky Way.

Date & Time: Thursday, May 14  from 7:00 - 9:00 pm

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From the late 1950s through the 1960s the United States was in a race with the Soviet Union to put human beings into space, and eventually to land a crew on the Moon. This class will focus on the three American programs- Mercury, Gemini and Apollo- and the men and women who helped make them possible. 

Date & Time: Thursday, June 18  from 7:00 - 9:00 pm