Watch Jamie Bock, the principal investigator of the SPHEREx, discuss this two-year mission that will produce four complete all-sky maps with over a billion detected galaxies, hundreds of millions of high-quality stellar and galactic spectra, an

Stimulating a Culture of Innovation at The Aerospace Corporation

Apr 17th, 2019 45m 3s

Watch Rob Sherwood, the Deputy Executive Director of Innovation at The Aerospace Corporation, describe the programs Aerospace created to stimulate an innovative culture and provide examples of employee innovation that have resulted from those

Biodiversity: Perspectives of a Techie

Mar 20th, 2019 57m 50s

Watch Dave Thau from WWF discuss the topic of biodiversity and how to measure, monitor, and detect changes in it. This is the techie’s perspective on the state of our biodiversity knowledge.

PUFFER: NASA's Pop-Up Origami Rover

Feb 20th, 2019 46m 56s

PUFFER project developers Jaakko Karras and Dr. Jean-Pierre de la Croix from JPL present pop-up rover technology that was created to work in parallel with larger rovers (or deployed off landers) when the landscape becomes too dangerous.

Fantastic Targets and How to Find Them

Nov 12th, 2018 41m 21s

Watch Dr. Olivier Hainaut from European Southern Observatory present his talk Fantastic Targets and How to Find Them at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Exploring Once-in-a-Lifetime Targets on October 29, 2018.

Getting Close to Long-Period Objects – Lessons Learned from Past Missions

Nov 12th, 2018 39m

Watch Dr. Hope Ishii from HIGP/Univ. of Hawai’i at Mānoa present her talk Getting Close to Long-Period Objects – Lessons Learned from Past Missions at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Exploring Once-in-a-Lifetime Targets on Oct

Small but Powerful - State of the Art in Small Satellites

Nov 12th, 2018 30m 1s

Watch Dr. Kristina Hogstrom from JPL present her talk Small but Powerful - State of the Art in Small Satellites at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Exploring Once-in-a-Lifetime Targets on October 29, 2018.

Geophysics and Interior Processes of Rocky and Icy Bodies

Oct 19th, 2018 35m 4s

Watch Professor Francis Nimmo from UCSC discuss geophysics and interior processes of rocky and icy bodies at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Tidal Heating on Solar System Worlds on October 15, 2018.

Planetary Materials and their Response to Tidal Deformation

Oct 19th, 2018 36m 51s

Watch Professor Christine McCarthy from Columbia University talk about planetary materials and their response to tidal deformation at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Tidal Heating on Solar System Worlds on October 15, 2018.

Geological Activity on Tidally-Heated Solar System Worlds, with an Emphasis on Io

Oct 19th, 2018 37m 3s

Watch Dr. Julie Rathbun (PSI) analyze geological activity on tidally-heated solar system worlds at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Tidal Heating on Solar System Worlds on October 15, 2018.

Linking Tidal, Rotational, and Orbital Evolution

Oct 19th, 2018 36m 22s

Watch Professor Jim Fuller from Caltech present his talk on Linking Tidal, Rotational, and Orbital Evolution at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Tidal Heating on Solar System Worlds on October 15, 2018.

The Space Barons and the New Space Age

Oct 15th, 2018 30m 35s

Watch Christian Davenport from The Washington Post tell the story of a group of billionaire entrepreneurs who are pouring their fortunes into the epic resurrection of the American space program. This lecture was sponsored by the Division of the

Biodiversity Science

Oct 8th, 2018 41m 24s

Watch Prof. Jeannine Cavender-Bares from University of Minnesota talk about Biodiversity Science at the Biodiversity Science and Remote Sensing Fundamentals short course on October 1, 2018 at the Keck Institute for Space Studies.

Remote Sensing Physics and Measurements

Oct 8th, 2018 38m 27s

Watch Prof. Kyle McDonald from CCNY-CUNY/JPL talk about Remote Sensing Physics and Measurements at the Biodiversity Science and Remote Sensing Fundamentals short course on October 1, 2018 at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, Caltech.

Imaging Spectroscopy from Space

Oct 8th, 2018 36m 26s

Watch Prof. Phil Townsend from University of Wisconsin analyze Imaging Spectroscopy from Space at the Biodiversity Science and Remote Sensing Fundamentals short course on October 1, 2018 at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, Caltech.

Species Distribution Modeling

Oct 8th, 2018 29m 24s

Watch Dr. Robert Guralnick from Florida Museum of Natural History evaluate Species Distribution Modeling at the Biodiversity Science and Remote Sensing Fundamentals short course on October 1, 2018 at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, Calte

Biodiversity Policy and Assessing Progress Toward Policy Goals

Oct 8th, 2018 32m 59s

Watch Dr. Gary Geller from JPL present his talk Biodiversity Policy and Assessing Progress Toward Policy Goals at the Biodiversity Science and Remote Sensing Fundamentals short course on October 1, 2018 at the Keck Institute for Space Studies,

Dusty Planetary Systems and the Hunt for Planets

Aug 29th, 2018 40m 52s

Watch Professor Farisa Morales talk about planetary system formation, leading us to explore the uniqueness of our Solar System. The briefing also includes information about the tools and techniques scientists use to study these systems. Profess

Parker Solar Probe: Exploring the Plasma Physics of the Solar Corona and Inner Heliosphere

Jul 26th, 2018 47m 21s

In this lecture, Prof. Marco Velli discusses our present knowledge of the magnetized solar corona and wind and describes the PSP scientific objectives, orbit, and instruments. Emphasis is on the potential new discoveries stemming from the first

Magnifying Light by 100 Billion Times with the Solar Gravity Lens to Image an Exoplanet

May 18th, 2018 54m 10s

Watch Slava G. Turyshev (Physicist, JPL) and Louis Friedman (Co-Founder and Executive Director Emeritus, The Planetary Society) discuss a mission to the SGL focal region that could provide us with direct, multi-pixel, high-resolution images and

Moon Diver Mission Concept

Apr 4th, 2018 44m 21s

The Moon Diver mission concept proposes to send the JPL-developed Axel extreme terrain rover into one of these pits, rappelling down the wall to expose the history of the lunar mare, and to illuminate the workings of the flood basalt eruptions

Peering at the CMB Through the Polarized Galaxy

Mar 21st, 2018 31m 53s

Watch Jacques Delabrouille from CNRS talk about the future cosmic microwave background (CMB) exploration at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course The Whys and Hows of Future Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Exploration on March 19,

A Distorted View of The CMB?

Mar 21st, 2018 34m 15s

Watch Anthony Challinor from University of Cambridge present his talk on the future cosmic microwave background (CMB) exploration at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course The Whys and Hows of Future Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)

Design Challenges for Future CMB Experiments

Mar 21st, 2018 33m 29s

Watch Alan Kogut from NASA, GSFC discuss design challenges for future CMB experiments at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course The Whys and Hows of Future Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Exploration on March 19, 2018.

Inflationary Predictions for Cosmology

Mar 21st, 2018 31m 53s

Watch Joe Silk from JHU/IAP analyze inflationary predictions for cosmology at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course The Whys and Hows of Future Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Exploration on March 19, 2018.