Recent content by Hamptons Observatory

Is space trash from extraterrestrial technological civilizations lurking among natural interstellar rocks? New Galileo Project Observatories are monitoring millions of objects near Earth; are any of them Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena? On March 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM, ET, Hamptons Observatory and...

On February 20th at 7:00 PM, ET, Hamptons Observatory will present a free, virtual lecture by a NASA space physicist and leader of a citizen science project that’s dedicated to understanding auroras. Dr. Elizabeth MacDonald will discuss auroras, what they are, how they are studied, and how you...

On January 13th at 6:00 PM, ET, acclaimed author and Pulitzer Prize finalist, Dava Sobel, will give a free, hybrid lecture about her new book that brings to life an inspiring, historic figure: “The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science.” Following her...

On December 20th at 6:30 PM, ET, NASA Solar System Ambassador & Hamptons Observatory's Senior Educator, William Francis Taylor, MSc, will present a free, hybrid lecture, “Winter Stargazing: A Journey Through the Night Sky.” The talk will be held at the South Fork Natural History Museum...

On November 12, 2024 at 7:00 PM, ET, Hamptons Observatory and Suffolk County Community College will co-host a free, virtual lecture entitled “Living With A Star: Science that Matters to People.” NASA’s Living With A Star program involves heliophysics and targets specific aspects of the Sun-Earth...

Learn about scientific research taking place on the International Space Station. On October 15, 2024 at 7:00 PM, ET, Hamptons Observatory and Suffolk County Community College, will co-host a free, virtual lecture by Dr. Jason Williams, Project Scientist for NASA’s Cold Atom Lab on the...

Hamptons Observatory and the South Fork Natural History Museum are pleased to announce that on Thursday, June 27th at 7:30 PM, NASA Solar System Ambassador & Hamptons Observatory's Senior Educator, William Francis Taylor, MSc, will present a free, hybrid lecture, “What’s Up in the Summer Sky?”...

On May 21st at 7:00 PM, ET, Hamptons Observatory and Rutgers University are honored to present a free, virtual lecture about the Artemis Accords, an international partnership that impacts the exploration of space. Rebecca Bresnik, Esq., Associate General Counsel for International and Space Law...