Let there be light: How spectroscopy connects us with the universe

This month our free Science Under the Stars talk is being held SUNDAY, July 13 with guest speaker Dr. Ben Zhang, Princeton University.

To see is to believe. Most of us are gifted with a pair of natural sensors—our eyes—that help us navigate and understand the world around us. In an intergenerational relay spanning three centuries, craftsmen, philosophers, teachers, explorers, and publishers around the world revealed a wealth of information contained in sunlight and starlight, telling a story of the universe that goes far beyond what meets the eye. Along the way, they also changed our concept of vision itself. Today, scientists have even more sophisticated ways of using light, or radiation, to study the material world. They work every day to unravel the mysteries of everything from invisible germs to distant exoplanets.

Reserve your seat here: https://forms.office.com/g/0vJ0yXMrBC

You may also like the following events from New Jersey State Museum:

• This Saturday, 14th June, 09:45 am, Small Explorers: Me and My Amazing Body in Trenton
• This month, 28th June, 10:00 am, Fossil Collecting with NJ State Museum in Trenton
• Next month, 19th July, 10:00 am, Fossil Collecting with NJ State Museum in Trenton