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X-WR-CALDESC:On Wednesday\, Dec. 7th\, 2022 at 7 pm (PST)\, Dr. Tom Berger 
 (University of Colorado) will give a free\, illustrated\, non-technical le
 cture entitled:  \n\n“The Sun is Not Always Happy: Space Weather and the Q
 uestion of Human Survivability'                                           
                                         \n\nThe talk is part of the Silico
 n Valley Astronomy Lecture Series (through Foothill College)\, now in its 
 23rd year. \n\nOn October 27th 2022 NASA captured a now-famous image of th
 e Sun “smiling” on its solar system [see link below]. But the Sun is not a
 lways happy! It can unleash violent “space weather” -- storms that can rad
 iate X-rays and even gamma rays into space\, send giant clouds of magnetic
  plasma slamming into the Earth and other planets\, and spray firehoses of
  charged particles throughout interplanetary space. On Earth\, we are most
 ly protected from the Sun’s wrath by our magnetic field and atmosphere\, b
 ut astronauts venturing to the Moon and Mars will be vulnerable to these p
 otentially deadly solar storms. Dr. Berger will discuss our current unders
 tanding of the interplanetary space environment\, describe some extreme sp
 ace weather events in history\, and examine how well we can currently pred
 ict space weather and its impacts as we venture beyond our planet. \n\nTom
  Berger is the Executive Director of the University of Colorado’s Space We
 ather Technology\, Research\, and Education Center\, which combines tradit
 ional space physics research with technology and education to bridge the w
 ide gap between research on the Sun and operational space weather forecast
 ing. He was formerly the director of NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Cente
 r\, helped develop the world’s largest solar telescope on the island of Ma
 ui (the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope)\, and has been a co-investigator
  on international missions to study changes in the Sun’s magnetic field. 
 \n\n----------------------------------------------------------\n\nThe talk
  is part of the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series (through Foothill 
 College)\, now in its 23rd year. \n\nThe lecture is co-sponsored by: \n\n*
  The Foothill College Science\, Tech\, Engineering & Math Division \n* The
  SETI Institute \n* The Astronomical Society of the Pacific \n* The Univer
 sity of California Observatories (including Lick Observatory)
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DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, Dec. 7th\, 2022 at 7 pm (PST)\, Dr. Tom Berger (
 University of Colorado) will give a free\, illustrated\, non-technical lec
 ture entitled:  \n\n“The Sun is Not Always Happy: Space Weather and the Qu
 estion of Human Survivability'                                            
                                        \n\nThe talk is part of the Silicon
  Valley Astronomy Lecture Series (through Foothill College)\, now in its 2
 3rd year. \n\nOn October 27th 2022 NASA captured a now-famous image of the
  Sun “smiling” on its solar system [see link below]. But the Sun is not al
 ways happy! It can unleash violent “space weather” -- storms that can radi
 ate X-rays and even gamma rays into space\, send giant clouds of magnetic 
 plasma slamming into the Earth and other planets\, and spray firehoses of 
 charged particles throughout interplanetary space. On Earth\, we are mostl
 y protected from the Sun’s wrath by our magnetic field and atmosphere\, bu
 t astronauts venturing to the Moon and Mars will be vulnerable to these po
 tentially deadly solar storms. Dr. Berger will discuss our current underst
 anding of the interplanetary space environment\, describe some extreme spa
 ce weather events in history\, and examine how well we can currently predi
 ct space weather and its impacts as we venture beyond our planet. \n\nTom 
 Berger is the Executive Director of the University of Colorado’s Space Wea
 ther Technology\, Research\, and Education Center\, which combines traditi
 onal space physics research with technology and education to bridge the wi
 de gap between research on the Sun and operational space weather forecasti
 ng. He was formerly the director of NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center
 \, helped develop the world’s largest solar telescope on the island of Mau
 i (the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope)\, and has been a co-investigator 
 on international missions to study changes in the Sun’s magnetic field. \n
 \n----------------------------------------------------------\n\nThe talk i
 s part of the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series (through Foothill Co
 llege)\, now in its 23rd year. \n\nThe lecture is co-sponsored by: \n\n* T
 he Foothill College Science\, Tech\, Engineering & Math Division \n* The S
 ETI Institute \n* The Astronomical Society of the Pacific \n* The Universi
 ty of California Observatories (including Lick Observatory)
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SUMMARY:Free Live Streaming Silicon Valley Lecture: Dr. Tom Berger (Univers
 ity of Colorado) - “The Sun is Not Always Happy: Space Weather and the Que
 stion of Human Survivability'
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