USFSP Astrobiology and Astronomy Club

05/11/2018

Hot off the press in Science this morning!

Check out the full article, "Fast stars point to supernovae, black holes," here: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.360.6389.589

03/15/2018

About 7% of the genetic changes have remained in the two years since he returned to Earth

03/08/2018

Our founding mother is TOO LEGIT TO QUIT! Check out what NASA wrote about her research on studying whiting events from satellites.

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Researchers analyzed more than a decade of satellite imagery to better understand why patches of light-colored water emerge along Florida’s Gulf Coast.

02/21/2018

02/16/2018

Happy New Year everyone!

We have several out of this world events coming up this semester:

~March 7th: Kennedy Space Center trip interest meeting (will request funding based on number of people who show interest), paper discussion of modern space tech (paper to be posted a week in advance), ABAC t-shirt brainstorm, space movie brainstorm

~end of March: fundraiser space movie night at The Tavern (tentative)

~April 4th: paper discussion (to be posted a week in advance), discuss March for Science interest

~pre-April 14th: tie dye t-shirts, make signs for March for Science St. Pete

~April 14th: March for Science St. Pete

~pre-finals (end of April): telescope stargazing night at the beach (to alleviate some of that pre-finals stress)

~early-mid May: Kennedy Space Center Trip (will attempt to coincide with a Rocket Launch)

No need to comet to every event, come when you can whenever you can planet! We hope to see you there. Keep an eye out for Facebook Event updates with more information about each event!

02/02/2018

Even with eyes closed, astronauts experience regular bursts of light in space.

01/16/2018

10/22/2017

Here's to another great year at the St. Pete Science Festival! Thanks to everyone who came out. If you couldn't make it yesterday, come to our monthly meeting THIS WED. at 7pm at Hops and Props!

10/22/2017

10/19/2017

This just in: Mysterious case files were recovered today from an anonymous source. Curious to see what they contain? Stop by our table at the St. Pete Science Festival THIS Saturday for an intriguing read!

10/12/2017

What's in the box? There's indeed a spectrum of possibilities, but to unearth the true answer come and see our table at the St. Pete Science Festival Oct. 21st!

09/28/2017

Thanks to everyone who came out to our first meeting of the semester! Couldn't make it tonight? We'll be meeting the last Wed. of every month at 7:00pm at Hops and Props. Our next official meeting will be Oct. 25th - come and space out with us! Stay tuned for special events in addition to the monthly meetings, including our explosive outreach booth at the St. Pete Science Festival Sat., Oct. 21st!