# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Public Lecture: Rocky Exoplanet Atmospheres
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 22 Jul, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 22 Jul, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: How important is an atmosphere for rocky planets? Join us to learn what JWST has discovered about the habitability of other worlds!About this EventThis lecture will be offered in a hybrid format, is open to all, and is recommended for adults and students in 9th grade and above.Title: Exploring Strange New Worlds: Rocky Exoplanet Atmospheres with the James Webb Space TelescopeSpeaker: Prof. Laura Schaefer (Stanford/KIPAC)Abstract: Can we learn about the history and geology of a rocky planet like Earth by measuring its atmosphere? In just a few decades, astronomers have gone from wondering whether planets exist around other stars to discovering thousands of them. Now the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is taking the next step: not just finding these worlds, but beginning to study what they’re like—including whether they have atmospheres at all, which are critical for planetary habitability. In this talk, we’ll meet the small, rocky exoplanets that are most like the inner planets of our own Solar System, and see how JWST looks for the faint chemical fingerprints of gases around distant worlds. We’ll also tour what JWST has discovered so far, what has surprised us, and why some planets seem to lose their atmospheres while others manage to hold on. Along the way, we’ll connect these observations to bigger questions about how planets evolve—and what it might take for a world to be truly Earth-like.The livestream URL can be found at the bottom of the EventBrite registration confirmation email.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/stanford/public-lecture-rocky-exoplanet-atmospheres/100001992447864197
- **Event Categories**: virtual
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- **Event Highlights**: 
  - Age Limit: all_ages
  - door_time: 2026-07-23T01:30:00Z
  - Duration: 1 hour
  - Location: Sapp Center for Science Teaching and Learning, Room 111
  - Languages: English

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Stanford
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Sapp Center for Science Teaching and Learning, Room 111
- **lat**: 37.4306532
- **long**: -122.1714139
- **full address**: Sapp Center for Science Teaching and Learning, Room 111, 376 Lomita Dr., Stanford, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Public Lecture: Rocky Exoplanet Atmospheres being held?
  - **A:** Public Lecture: Rocky Exoplanet Atmospheres takes place on Wed, 22 Jul, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Wed, 22 Jul, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Sapp Center for Science Teaching and Learning, Room 111, 376 Lomita Dr., Stanford, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Public Lecture: Rocky Exoplanet Atmospheres?
  - **A:** Public Lecture: Rocky Exoplanet Atmospheres is organized by KIPAC.

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