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X-WR-CALDESC:On Wednesday\, Feb. 9th\, 2022 at 7 pm (PST)\, Dr. Michelle Th
 aller (of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center) will give a free\, illustrat
 ed\, non-technical lecture on “Living with a Star: Creating and Maintainin
 g a Life-Friendly Planet\, in Our Solar System and Others' \n        \nAbo
 ut this Lecture:\n\nThe more we learn about other worlds\, the better we u
 nderstand our own. Astronomers today ask: what makes a world habitable?  W
 hat creates and sustains an environment friendly to life?  NASA has severa
 l new missions ready to address this topic\, from the Parker Solar Probe\,
  studying our Sun’s wind\; to new exploration of cloud-shrouded Venus\; to
  the samples of asteroid now on their way back to Earth as we speak. And N
 ASA’s climate supercomputers stand ready to interpret data on planets orbi
 ting other stars that come back from the Webb Telescope. Dr. Thaller will 
 guide us through the new instruments and new research. \n\n \nAbout Michel
 le Thaller:\n\nMichelle Thaller is an astrophysicist with over two decades
  of science communication experience. Her research involves the life-cycle
 s of stars\, and she has worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory\, NASA He
 adquarters\, and the Goddard Space Flight Center\, where she is currently 
 the liaison between the Office of Communication and the Science Directorat
 e. Outside her work at NASA\, she has appeared in many television science 
 programs\, including How the Universe Works and Space’s Deepest Secrets. S
 he has done two TEDx talks about astronomy\, and has hosted the podcast Or
 bital Path on public radio. \n\n------------------------------------------
 ----------------------------\n\nThe talk is part of the Silicon Valley Ast
 ronomy Lecture Series (through Foothill College)\, now in its 22nd year. 
 \n\nThe lecture is co-sponsored by: \n\n* The Foothill College Science\, T
 ech\, Engineering & Math Division \n* The SETI Institute \n* The Astronomi
 cal Society of the Pacific \n* The University of California Observatories 
 (including Lick Observatory)
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DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, Feb. 9th\, 2022 at 7 pm (PST)\, Dr. Michelle Tha
 ller (of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center) will give a free\, illustrate
 d\, non-technical lecture on “Living with a Star: Creating and Maintaining
  a Life-Friendly Planet\, in Our Solar System and Others' \n        \nAbou
 t this Lecture:\n\nThe more we learn about other worlds\, the better we un
 derstand our own. Astronomers today ask: what makes a world habitable?  Wh
 at creates and sustains an environment friendly to life?  NASA has several
  new missions ready to address this topic\, from the Parker Solar Probe\, 
 studying our Sun’s wind\; to new exploration of cloud-shrouded Venus\; to 
 the samples of asteroid now on their way back to Earth as we speak. And NA
 SA’s climate supercomputers stand ready to interpret data on planets orbit
 ing other stars that come back from the Webb Telescope. Dr. Thaller will g
 uide us through the new instruments and new research. \n\n \nAbout Michell
 e Thaller:\n\nMichelle Thaller is an astrophysicist with over two decades 
 of science communication experience. Her research involves the life-cycles
  of stars\, and she has worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory\, NASA Hea
 dquarters\, and the Goddard Space Flight Center\, where she is currently t
 he liaison between the Office of Communication and the Science Directorate
 . Outside her work at NASA\, she has appeared in many television science p
 rograms\, including How the Universe Works and Space’s Deepest Secrets. Sh
 e has done two TEDx talks about astronomy\, and has hosted the podcast Orb
 ital Path on public radio. \n\n-------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------\n\nThe talk is part of the Silicon Valley Astr
 onomy Lecture Series (through Foothill College)\, now in its 22nd year. \n
 \nThe lecture is co-sponsored by: \n\n* The Foothill College Science\, Tec
 h\, Engineering & Math Division \n* The SETI Institute \n* The Astronomica
 l Society of the Pacific \n* The University of California Observatories (i
 ncluding Lick Observatory)
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SUMMARY:Free Live Streaming Silicon Valley Lecture: Dr. Michelle Thaller\, 
 NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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