{"id":105430,"date":"2024-12-12T15:23:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T20:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=105430"},"modified":"2025-03-18T12:46:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T16:46:35","slug":"science-cafe-our-cosmic-origins-and-place-in-the-universe","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/science-cafe-our-cosmic-origins-and-place-in-the-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Caf\u00e9: Our Cosmic Origins and Place in the Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-107693 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MaunaKea2_Rachel-Smith_800.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Rachel Smith sits on a hilltop overlooking observatory in Maunakea, Hawaii\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MaunaKea2_Rachel-Smith_800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MaunaKea2_Rachel-Smith_800-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MaunaKea2_Rachel-Smith_800-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MaunaKea2_Rachel-Smith_800-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Grab a bite from the Daily Planet Caf\u00e9 and join host Chris Smith for our monthly Science Caf\u00e9. Gather with other curious minds at this after-hours event for an informal presentation and conversation about current science topics with guest experts. The Daily Planet Caf\u00e9 is open 5\u20138pm with a full menu during the Science Caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Rachel Smith, head of the NCMNS Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Lab and professor at Appalachian State University, takes us on a cosmic adventure for this month&#8217;s Science Caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join us in person or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/yeJquP2FXpM?si=FpPbFVjAWMbuNFIa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch the livestream on YouTube<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Smith wi<span data-markjs=\"true\">l<\/span><span data-markjs=\"true\">l<\/span> share how her work as an astrophysicist studying forming stars has taken her from incredib<span data-markjs=\"true\">l<\/span>e ground-based astronomy on Maunakea, Hawaii, to the stratosphere on the wor<span data-markjs=\"true\">l<\/span>d\u2019s <span data-markjs=\"true\">l<\/span>argest airborne observatory, and even to the depths of a methane seep as a guest scientist on the submersible A<span data-markjs=\"true\">L<\/span>VIN. 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The Daily Planet Caf\u00e9 is open 5\u20138pm with a full menu during the Science&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/science-cafe-our-cosmic-origins-and-place-in-the-universe\/\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[3,41,14,15,26],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/105430"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/105430\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105430"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=105430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}