This class will cover a broad range of topics in modern astronomy. The focus of the course will be: the latest discoveries in cosmology, extragalactic astronomy, stellar astronomy and astrobiology. Each class will be lead by a researcher in one of these fields and, at the end of each presentation, we will discuss the ideas and research presented.
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Oct 2 | Thomas Quinn | Introduction |
| Oct 9 | Jeremiah Murphy | Simulating Core-Collapse Supernova Explosions |
| Oct 16 | Don Brownlee | The STARDUST mission. |
| Oct 23 | Fabio Governato | Simulations of Bulgeless Galaxies |
| Oct 30 | Andrew Connolly | Dumbing down astronomy: how to make complex data simple |
| Nov 6 | Karoline Gilbert | The Andromeda Galaxy and Galactic Archaeology: Unlocking the Secrets of Galaxy Formation |
| Nov 13 | Mark Claire | Exo-planetary Sciences: the search for other Earths |
| Nov 20 | Rok Roskar | Mixing it Up: the Implications of Stellar Radial Migration for Galactic Disks |
| Dec 4 | Andy Becker | Cosmic Cinematography : Data Mining the Sky in Real-time |
| Dec 11 | Rory Barnes | Super-Earths, Super-Ios and a New Vision for Planetary Habitability |