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February 2026
Monday, February 2nd, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talks
Where the hot universe meets the energetic universe
Sanskriti Das,
Hubble Fellow,
Stanford University,
Wednesday, February 4th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Astronomical instruments on a chip — Getting ready for the next-generation of telescopes
Pradip Gatkine,
Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy,
UCLA,
Friday, February 6th, 2026
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Monday, February 9th, 2026
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Gaia's Exoplanet Potential
Caleb Lammers,
3rd year PhD student,
Princeton University,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Wednesday, February 11th, 2026
12:15pm
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1:00pm
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Caltech/IPAC Lunch Seminar
Online Event
Interpreting JWST Spectra for Signs of Habitability and Life with Atmospheric Models
Nicholas Wogan,
NASA AMES,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Next Revolution: Exoplanet Atmospheric Characterization at High-Resolution
Emily Rauscher,
Associate Professor,
Department of Astronomy,
University of Michigan,
Wednesday, February 18th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Magnetism and morphology in the interstellar medium
Susan Clark,
Assistant Professor of Physics,
Stanford University,
Wednesday, February 25th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Supermassive Black Holes in the Early Universe: from Luminous Quasars to the Little Red Dots
Xiaohui Fan,
Regents Professor of Astronomy,
Astronomer, Steward Observatory,
University of Arizona,