Prepare for launch... we are blasting off to other worlds with astrophysicist Nora Eisner!

Nora Eisner is hunting for the most complex, most unusual, and most exciting planetary systems in our Galaxy.

The drastic improvement in telescopes in the last 50 years has led to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets since the first one was discovered in the late 20th century. While many exoplanets resemble planets in our own solar system, there are also strange systems including gigantic exoplanets (called “Hot Jupiters”) and even exoplanets that orbit multiple stars.

At the next Secret Science Club, Dr. Eisner describes her work with thousands of citizen scientists to detect some of the most elusive exoplanets in the Milky Way.

Nora Eisner is an astrophysicist at the Center for Computational Astrophysics at the Flatiron Institute in New York City. She scans the galaxy with the help of NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), and she is the project leader for Planet Hunters TESS, a citizen science project involving over 35,000 people around the globe. Her research focuses on studying unique planetary and stellar systems that are missed by automated searches. As an advocate for making science more accessible to the public, she collaborates with a team at NASA Ames to develop tools on how to conduct exoplanet science from the comfort of your own home. Dr. Eisner and her research have been featured in New Scientist, Astronomy, CNN, and Forbes.

Before & After

• Imbibe our otherworldly cocktail of the night, the “Thrilling Atmosphere”
• Groove to interstellar tunes
• Stick around for the scintillating Q&A

Time: 8:00 PM EST

Free!

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