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Posted by: Alexis on March 31st, 2008

BEN OPPENHEIMER at the Union Hall Secret Science Club on Wed., April 2 at 8 pm

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Underground . . .

Brimming




with exotic particles . . .


 Crammed with brainiacs . .
.


Union
Hall’s “Secret Science Club” returns
with more mind-bending lectures, cosmic cocktails, and interstellar
sounds!!


Wednesday, April 2 @ 8 pm


Union Hall’s “Secret Science Club”
presents:


Astrophysicist Ben Oppenheimer and His Quest for New
Worlds


Fuel up your flying saucer . . . the Secret Science
Club is blasting off with Ben Oppenheimer, the principal investigator of the 

Lyot Project, an ambitious mission to discover and record images of planets 

outside our solar system. He’ll discuss the challenges scientists face in probing 

for exoplanetsand reveal some of the Lyot team’s latest results.


An astrophysicist at the American Museum of Natural
History, Ben Oppenheimer was the subject of a recent New York Times article 

“Star’s Dust May Hold Clue to New Planet,” documenting
the observation that a gap in dust circling a young star in the constellation
Auriga may be a planet in the making.


Dr. Oppenheimer also studies brown dwarfs, white
dwarfs and galactic structure. He served on NASA’s Terrestrial Planet Finder
Science and Technology Definition Team, and has been appointed to several
National Research Council Panels, as well as numerous NASA and NSF
committees.


Before and After


Groove to space-age tunes and video in Union Hall’s
subterranean grotto, stick around for the Q&A, and try our cosmic new
cocktail: the George
Jetson.


The “Secret Science Club” meets April 2 at 8 p.m. in
the basement @ Union Hall, 702 Union St. (at 5th Ave.) in Park Slope,
Brooklyn, p: 718.638.4400   Web: unionhallny.com  Subway: R to Union St.;
F to 4th Ave.; Q, 2, 3, 4, 5 to Atlantic Ave.


 


No cover
charge. Just bring your smart self.


Our venue
fills up fast! Come early to get a seat.



Doors open at 7:30. LIMITED SEATS AVAILABLE.



PLEASE BRING ID: 21 and over only.


                                        Pocket protectors
suggested.
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