What we’re about
San Francisco Regional Mensa is the Bay Area chapter of Mensa, the most well-known High-IQ group in the world.
We are a group that enjoys meeting with each other for any number of reasons, such as lectures, discussions, dinners out, or just having fun.
Although our chapter hosts events that are for Mensa members only, we also host events that are open to the public.
This "Friends of San Francisco Regional Mensa" Meetup group is open to anyone in the Bay Area who is curious about Mensa and would like to attend events that we host that are open to the public.
Currently, nearly all of our events are online only, due to the pandemic, but we plan to host in-person events in the future.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are a current member of Mensa, we encourage you to join our members-only San Francisco Regional Mensa group.
Upcoming events
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•OnlineA Trip to the Center of our Galaxy
OnlineThe heart of the Milky Way is home to Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole approximately four million times the mass of the Sun. Although it remains largely quiet today, it is surrounded by a turbulent sea of gas, dust, and exotic objects that could one day trigger dramatic outbursts.
This presentation delves into this extreme environment, exploring the large-scale gas clouds and the closer-in structures that fuel the black hole. It examines how molecular hydrogen manages to survive intense ultraviolet radiation and introduces a newly identified class of enigmatic objects orbiting perilously close to Sagittarius A*.
Observed over two decades with the Keck Observatory, these objects may represent the remnants of stellar collisions or merged binaries, offering valuable insights into how matter behaves under immense gravitational forces. Mapping this region helps to illuminate the intricate interplay of stars, gas, and gravity at the core of the galaxy.
Anna Ciurlo's research focuses on stars and gas around the supermassive black hole in the center of our Galaxy. Her work leverages high-resolution imaging and spectroscopy from large ground and space-based observatories like Keck and the JWST. She earned her PhD in astrophysics from the Sorbonne Paris Cité and pursued postdoctoral research at UCLA. She was an inaugural year Keck Visiting Scholar at Keck Observatory. Anna continues at UCLA in the Galactic Center Group as an assistant researcher and adjunct assistant professor
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