Science Café – Music: The Science Behind the Art

Join us Friday, August 30 at 7:00 PM in BASF Planetarium for a Science Café presentation, Music: The Science Behind the Art, with speaker Brian Casey, conductor of the Brazosport Symphony Orchestra.

 

Attendees will learn about the physical (outside-the-body) aspects of acoustical physics AND the internal (psychological, physiological, neurological) aspects of practice and performance.

 

Enjoy an evening of socialization, desserts, refreshments and amazing science. This event is open to ages 21+. Registration is $15.

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Upcoming Science Café event to feature Dr. Keith Frank & discussion on radiopharmaceuticals

Join BASF Planetarium on Friday, November 10 at 7:00 PM for its Science Café event, What is a Radiopharmaceutical? (And why should I care?), featuring speaker Keith Frank, Ph.D.

Enjoy socialization, desserts, refreshments and amazing science. Tickets are $15 and available to attendees ages 21+. REGISTER NOW!

Dr. Keith Frank spent his career in the field of radiopharmaceutical chemistry. He is the president and CEO of IsoTherapeutics Group, LLC based in Angleton, Texas. IsoTherapeutics is a contract development and manufacturing organization serving the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. Dr. Frank will discuss the basics of medical radioisotopes and their use in the detection and treatment of debilitating diseases.

Science Café: What is a Radiopharmaceutical?

What is a Radiopharmaceutical? (And why should I care?)

Speaker: Keith Frank, Ph.D.

Friday, November 10 at 7:00 PM

Tickets: $15 – REGISTER NOW!

Enjoy socialization, desserts, refreshments and amazing science. Open to ages 21+.

Dr. Keith Frank spent his career in the field of radiopharmaceutical chemistry. He is the president and CEO of IsoTherapeutics Group, LLC based in Angleton, Texas. IsoTherapeutics is a contract development and manufacturing organization serving the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. Dr. Frank will discuss the basics of medical radioisotopes and their use in the detection and treatment of debilitating diseases.

Dr. Joe Fowler to present “Hot Science with Frozen Sensors” at upcoming Science Café

After kicking off its new Science Café program in June, BASF Planetarium is welcoming speaker Joe Fowler, Ph.D., on Friday, August 4 at 7:00 PM for Hot Science with Frozen Sensors.

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During this presentation, Dr. Fowler will discuss how superconducting light detectors are measuring the early universe, what’s special about low temperatures, gamma rays from the Big Bang and how these things affect all of us daily.

After receiving a B.A. in physics from Rice University, Dr. Fowler earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. He was a graduate research assistant in detection and analysis of cosmic ray air showers while at the University of Chicago before spending three years as a Robert Dicke postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Physics at Princeton University. Dr. Fowler served as an assistant professor of physics at Princeton from 2003 to 2010 before moving to the University of Colorado, where he is a research physicist with the Quantum Sensors Group of NIST Boulder Labs.

Science Café is a social, adults only (21+) event. Tickets are $15 per person and include great science, lively conversation, snacks and refreshments. Register ASAP!

BASF Planetarium’s new Science Café program previewed in The Facts

The Facts published a preview of BASF Planetarium’s new Science Café program in today’s newspaper, “Planetarium reaches for new audience: Science Café will have adults seeing stars in a new way”. The article includes interviews with speaker and astrophotographer David Babb and BASF planetarium chair Diane Hill.

Read the article at The Facts online!

Then, if you don’t yet have tickets to attend the event, aimed at adults 21+, get yours now!

Kick off your summer at BASF Planetarium!

Join BASF Planetarium for new programs, shows and lots of family fun in June as we kick off summer! Tickets to planetarium shows are FREE to planetarium members; non-member tickets are $5/adults and $3/students, unless otherwise noted below.

See our full monthly schedule and purchase tickets/RSVP.

WHAT’S NEW?

Our brand new Science Café program launches this month, with speaker David Babb presenting The Life of Stars at 7:00 PM on Friday, June 16. David’s presentation will focus on the chronology of the life of stars through astrophotography.

Enjoy some socialization, desserts, refreshments and amazing science. This event is open to ages 21+ and registration is $15 per person. Reserve your spot and purchase tickets ASAP at the link above!

The new June show, The Sun: Our Living Star, will be presented at 7:00 PM on Tuesdays (6/6, 13, 20 & 27) and the 4th Friday (6/23) of the month in BASF Planetarium.

About the show: The sun has shone on our world for four and a half billion years. The light that warms our skin today has been felt by every person who has ever lived. It is out nearest star and our planet’s powerhouse, the source of the energy that drives the winds, our weather and all life.

WEEKEND FUN:

On Saturdays, visitors can attend a FREE Star & Space Story Time at 12:30 PM in the planetarium lobby, featuring children’s books like Luna Muna, The Astronaut with a Song for the Stars, Zoo in the Sky: A Book of Animal Constellations and Look Up With Me: A Life Among the Stars. (Please RSVP at the link above to let us know you’re planning to attend!)

Get tickets for our family-friendly Saturday Planetarium Shows at 1:00 PM! Titles this month include:

  • June 3: Perfect Little Planet
  • June 10: Earth, Moon & Sun
  • June 17: Accidental Astronauts
  • June 24: Dawn of the Space Age

MONTHLY SPANISH SHOW

Finally, make plans to join us on Thursday, June 29 at 7:00 PM for our ALL-SPANISH show! This month we will be showing Leyendas del Sol, Luna y Eclipse about the way ancient cultures attempted to understand and explain celestial phenomena.

SEE YOU THIS SUMMER AT BASF PLANETARIUM!