Astro 101: From the Big Bang to Biosignatures

This event is one of several different introductions to astronomy offered by SJAA. During this hour, you'll take a tour through our universe's 13.8 billion years of evolution, touch on some of the highlights of discovery that led to our understanding of that long history, and get a glimpse of what's ahead.

Your presenters are Mahika Khosla and Jaya Bhattacharyya, the founders of Astro Revolution (https://sites.google.com/view/astrorevolution/home), a high school student-run organization that brings astronomy to kids of the community. During this hour, they'll share some astronomy with you!

If we have time at the end of Mahika and Jaya's presentation, we'll take you through a preview of the night sky using Stellarium and introduce a method of finding hidden objects.

This talk is free of charge. Just come and enjoy the show. After the talk, you can check out telescopes that will be set up as part of our In-Town Star Party. (See In Town Star Party event on Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/sj-astronomy/events/304995597/)

Many of SJAA’s events, like this one, are public and free to attend, but if you’re enjoying what SJAA has to offer, consider becoming a paid member for only $20 per year: https://www.sjaa.net/membership/benefits-of-membership-2/

During this event, we will ask all visitors to sign in, so that we can report attendance numbers to the city of San Jose, as San Jose has made Houge Park facilities available to SJAA to serve the public. The sign-in form will ask for first name, home location (city and ZIP code) and approximate age.

(Image: NASA: History of the Universe, https://science.nasa.gov/universe/overview/)