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---+ March 12, 2018 7:30-9:30PM
*Event*: [[AstronomyOnTap][Astronomy on Tap]]<br>
*Venue*: [[http://www.derwolfskopf.com/][Der Wolfskopf]]<br>
---+++ Talk 1
*Title*: Cosmology with your eyes closed<br>
*Lecturer*: Vikram Ravi<br>
*Position*: Postdoctoral Fellow<br>
*Institution*: Caltech<br>

---+++ Talk 2
*Title*: Creating a Planet from Scratch<br>
*Lecturer*: Jono Squires<br>
*Position*: Postdoctoral Fellow<br>
*Institution*: Caltech<br>
---+++ Quiz Questions / Answers
   1. Which  prominent  astrophysicist,  attributed  to  many  breakthroughs  in  cosmology,  passed  away  last  week?  Stephen Hawking
   1. Alan  Tudyk,  who  played  the  loveable  “Wash  Washburne”on  Firefly,  played  which  Imperial-turned-Rebellion  droid  in  Star  Wars:  “Rogue  One”?  K2-S0
   1. How  many  exoplanets  have  astronomers  discovered  to  date?  a.  678b.10,801  c.3,706  d.85  C
   1. How  old  is  the  Universe? 13.7 Gyr
   1. Which  space-based  planet  finding  mission,  a  successor  to  Kepler,  will  be  launched  later  this  year? TESS
   1. In  which  constellation  is  the  young  star,  “HL  Tau”located?  Taurus
   1. Victor  Buso,  an  amateur  astronomer  in  Argentina,  inadvertently  caught  what  stellar  explosion  (shown  here)  in  the  act  on  Sept.  20,  2016?  supernova
   1. What  physical  law/quantity  makes  it  possible  to  tell  that  the  Universe  is  getting  older,  and  not  younger?  Entropy
   1. As  a  student,  the  late  Stephen  Hawking  was  sometimes  distracted  from  his  studies  by:?  a.rowing  b.fishing  c.fencing    A
   1. Yuri  Gagarin,  a  Soviet  cosmonaut,  was  the  first  person  to  do  what on  April  12,  1961  ...almost  57  years  ago!  Go into space
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