Keck Institute for Space Studies - Video

Watch Jamie Bock, the principal investigator of the SPHEREx, discuss this two-year mission that will produce four complete all-sky maps with over a billion detected galaxies, hundreds of millions of high-quality stellar and galactic spectra, and over a million ice absorption spectra, enabling diverse scientific investigations.

Watch Rob Sherwood, the Deputy Executive Director of Innovation at The Aerospace Corporation, describe the programs Aerospace created to stimulate an innovative culture and provide examples of employee innovation that have resulted from those programs.

Watch Dave Thau from WWF discuss the topic of biodiversity and how to measure, monitor, and detect changes in it. This is the techie’s perspective on the state of our biodiversity knowledge.

PUFFER project developers Jaakko Karras and Dr. Jean-Pierre de la Croix from JPL present pop-up rover technology that was created to work in parallel with larger rovers (or deployed off landers) when the landscape becomes too dangerous.

Watch Dr. Olivier Hainaut from European Southern Observatory present his talk Fantastic Targets and How to Find Them at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Exploring Once-in-a-Lifetime Targets on October 29, 2018.

Watch Dr. Hope Ishii from HIGP/Univ. of Hawai’i at Mānoa present her talk Getting Close to Long-Period Objects – Lessons Learned from Past Missions at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Exploring Once-in-a-Lifetime Targets on October 29, 2018.

Watch Dr. Kristina Hogstrom from JPL present her talk Small but Powerful - State of the Art in Small Satellites at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Exploring Once-in-a-Lifetime Targets on October 29, 2018.

Watch Christian Davenport from The Washington Post tell the story of a group of billionaire entrepreneurs who are pouring their fortunes into the epic resurrection of the American space program. This lecture was sponsored by the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences - Exploration: The Globe And Beyond Series, and the Keck Institute for Space Studies (Caltech).

Watch Prof. Jeannine Cavender-Bares from University of Minnesota talk about Biodiversity Science at the Biodiversity Science and Remote Sensing Fundamentals short course on October 1, 2018 at the Keck Institute for Space Studies.

Watch Prof. Kyle McDonald from CCNY-CUNY/JPL talk about Remote Sensing Physics and Measurements at the Biodiversity Science and Remote Sensing Fundamentals short course on October 1, 2018 at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, Caltech.

Watch Prof. Phil Townsend from University of Wisconsin analyze Imaging Spectroscopy from Space at the Biodiversity Science and Remote Sensing Fundamentals short course on October 1, 2018 at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, Caltech.

Watch Dr. Robert Guralnick from Florida Museum of Natural History evaluate Species Distribution Modeling at the Biodiversity Science and Remote Sensing Fundamentals short course on October 1, 2018 at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, Caltech.

Watch Dr. Gary Geller from JPL present his talk Biodiversity Policy and Assessing Progress Toward Policy Goals at the Biodiversity Science and Remote Sensing Fundamentals short course on October 1, 2018 at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, Caltech.

Watch Professor Farisa Morales talk about planetary system formation, leading us to explore the uniqueness of our Solar System. The briefing also includes information about the tools and techniques scientists use to study these systems. Professor Morales also speaks about the formation of planets in disks, and ongoing efforts to detect them.

In this lecture, Prof. Marco Velli discusses our present knowledge of the magnetized solar corona and wind and describes the PSP scientific objectives, orbit, and instruments. Emphasis is on the potential new discoveries stemming from the first exploration of the space inside the orbit of Mercury. Prof. Velli also discusses how synergies with Solar Orbiter might lead us to accurately understand the state of the solar wind all the way from the corona into interplanetary space, elucidating like never before the role and dynamics of active magnetized plasmas throughout the universe.

Watch Slava G. Turyshev (Physicist, JPL) and Louis Friedman (Co-Founder and Executive Director Emeritus, The Planetary Society) discuss a mission to the SGL focal region that could provide us with direct, multi-pixel, high-resolution images and spectroscopy of a potentially habitable Earth-like exoplanet. The speakers address some aspects of mission design and spacecraft requirements, as well as capabilities needed to fly this mission in the next two decades. This lecture took place at the workshop Technology Requirements to Operate at and Utilize the Solar Gravity Lens for Exoplanet Imaging at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on May 16, 2018.

The Moon Diver mission concept proposes to send the JPL-developed Axel extreme terrain rover into one of these pits, rappelling down the wall to expose the history of the lunar mare, and to illuminate the workings of the flood basalt eruptions that created them: eruptions on a scale never before witnessed in the history of humankind. This lecture was presented by Dr. Laura Kerber at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on April 2, 2018.

Watch Anthony Challinor from University of Cambridge present his talk on the future cosmic microwave background (CMB) exploration at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course The Whys and Hows of Future Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Exploration on March 19, 2018.

Watch Jacques Delabrouille from CNRS talk about the future cosmic microwave background (CMB) exploration at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course The Whys and Hows of Future Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Exploration on March 19, 2018.

Watch Alan Kogut from NASA, GSFC discuss design challenges for future CMB experiments at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course The Whys and Hows of Future Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Exploration on March 19, 2018.

Watch Paul Steinhardt from Princeton University discuss cosmological predictions at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course The Whys and Hows of Future Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Exploration on March 19, 2018.

Watch Joe Silk from JHU/IAP analyze inflationary predictions for cosmology at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course The Whys and Hows of Future Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Exploration on March 19, 2018.

Watch Graca Rocha from JPL/Caltech present her talk on the future cosmic microwave background (CMB) exploration at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course The Whys and Hows of Future Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Exploration on March 19, 2018.

In this presentation, planetary scientist, author, and Planetary Society President Jim Bell takes us on both a personal and scientific journey looking over Voyager's shoulders as we all discovered the wonders of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and their panoply of rings and moons. And we'll also learn that their missions are not over - they both continue to explore and transmit data on the space environment beyond the planets and between the stars. Through the Voyagers, and their discoveries, we have all entered the interstellar age...

Watch Roh Bhartia from JPL discuss the search for life on Mars at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course MarsX - Mars Subsurface Exploration - Life and Resources in the Martian Subsurface on February 12, 2018.

Watch Nathaniel Putzig (PSI) talk about Subsurface Sounding on Mars and the Search for Water Ice at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course MarsX - Mars Subsurface Exploration - Life and Resources in the Martian Subsurface on February 12, 2018.

Watch Kris Zacny from Honeybee Robotics analyze drilling on Mars at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course MarsX - Mars Subsurface Exploration - Life and Resources in the Martian Subsurface on February 12, 2018.

Watch Gerald (Jerry) Sanders from NASA JSC discuss resources and ISRU from the Martian subsurface at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course MarsX - Mars Subsurface Exploration - Life and Resources in the Martian Subsurface on February 12, 2018.

Watch S. George Djorgovski, a Professor and Executive Officer (Dept. Chair) for Astronomy and the Director of the Center for Data Driven Discovery at Caltech, discuss VR/AR as a scientific and educational platform during the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018. S. George Djorgovski's research encompassed a broad variety of topics, including structure and dynamics of globular clusters, fundamental properties of galaxies and their evolution, gamma-ray bursts, early phases of galaxy and structure formation, distant quasars, dark energy, and exploration of the time domain in astronomy. He has led several large digital sky surveys, and is one of the founders of the Virtual Observatory framework, as well as the emerging discipline of Astroinformatics. He was the Chair of the National Virtual Observatory Science Definition Team, the director or the Meta Institute for Computational Astrophysics (the first professional scientific institution based in virtual worlds), among many other leadership roles. His principal scientific interests are in the ways in which information and computation technologies are changing the ways we do science and scholarship in general, and the emergence of a new scientific methodology for the computationally enabled, data rich science in the 21st century. He has earned numerous recognitions, including the Presidential Young Investigator Award, the Dudley Observatory Award, the NASA Group Achievement Award, and first prize in the Boeing-Griffith Science Writing Contest, as well as fellowships with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Institute for the Advancement of Engineering, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The asteroid 24421 Djorgovski is named in his honor.

Watch Wolfgang Stuerzlinger discuss the challenges and opportunities of interacting with N-dimensional data in immersive 3D during the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018. Wolfgang Stuerzlinger is a Professor at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at the Simon Fraser University, where he is the director of the VVISE lab.

Watch Alex Endert, an Assistant Professor in the School of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, present a talk on Visual Analytics by Demonstration for Interactive and Immersive Data Analysis during the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018.

Watch Dan Keefe, an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota, present his talk on experiential analytics during the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018.

Doug A. Bowman, the Frank J. Maher Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Center for Human-Computer Interaction at Virginia Tech, presents his talk about immersive analytics beyond visualization during the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018.

S. George Djorgovski, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger, Alex Endert, Dan Keefe and Doug A. Bowman analyze data visualization in VR/AR during the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018.

Watch Scott Davidoff present a talk on visual analytics as force multiplier for space exploration during the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018. Scott Davidoff manages the Human Interfaces Group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he leads design and development of the user interfaces that command all JPL spacecraft.

Parker Abercrombie, a senior software engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, presents Virtual Mars during the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018.

Emine Basak Alper Ramaswamy, a data visualization developer at JPL, talks about visualizing and designing spacecraft trajectories in VR at the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018.

Charles White, a JPL’s Knowledge Management Specialist for the Office of the Chief Engineer, talks about Virtual Heritage: Knowledge Management in VR during the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018.

This panel discussion on VR/AR for Mission Design and Ops was part of the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018. The panes features Scott Davidoff, Emine Basak Alper Ramaswamy, Parker Abercrombie, Joel W. Burdick, and Charles White.

Emily Law, Michael Amori, Eduardo Siman, Jonathan Fay and Shayna Skolnik discuss a view from the industry and tech transfer during the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018.

Jonathan Fay, Ciro Donalek, and Santiago Lombeyda provide an introduction to demos at the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018.

Watch Dr. Stanislav (Stas) Babak from APC/Université Paris Diderot present his introduction to data analysis of gravitational-wave signals during the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Science, Source Modeling, and Data Analysis for the Space-Based Gravitational-Wave Observatory LISA on January 16, 2018.

Watch Prof. Deirdre Shoemaker from Georgia Institute of Technology discuss analytical and numerical modeling of binary sources during the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Science, Source Modeling, and Data Analysis for the Space-Based Gravitational-Wave Observatory LISA on January 16, 2018.

Watch Dr. Curt Cutler from JPL present an overview of Lisa science during the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Science, Source Modeling, and Data Analysis for the Space-Based Gravitational-Wave Observatory LISA on January 16, 2018.

Dr. Christophe Sotin from JPL/Caltech talks about ocean and rock interactions and prospects for life on Europa and Enceladus. This lecture was part of the short course Accessing the Subsurface Oceans of Icy Worlds at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on October 9, 2017.

Dr. Louise Prockter from Lunar and Planetary Institute analyzes the structure and thickness of Europa ice shell and what we hope to learn from the Europa Clipper at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course on October 9, 2017.

Dr. Tom Cwik from JPL/Caltech evaluates the challenges in designing a mission that travels through Europa Crust at the at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Accessing the Subsurface Oceans of Icy Worlds on October 9, 2017.

Dr. John Priscu (Montana State University) and Dennis Duling (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) discuss the WISSARD and SALSA subglacial lake projects and lessons learned from drilling through the Antarctic ice sheet at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course on October 9, 2017.

Dr. Joe Berry from Carnegie Institute for Science/Stanford talked about the new tools for investigating the Carbon Cycle at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on September 18, 2017. This talk was part of the short course Next-Generation Approach for Detecting Climate-Carbon Feedbacks.

Prof. Christian Frankenberg from Caltech evaluated the past, present and future of remote sensing of solar induced chlorophyll fluorescence at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on September 18, 2017. This talk was part of the short course"Next-Generation Approach for Detecting Climate-Carbon Feedbacks.

Dr. Ian Baker from Colorado State University talked about incorporating observations of OCS and SIF into carbon cycle models at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on September 18, 2017. This talk was part of the short course Next-Generation Approach for Detecting Climate-Carbon Feedbacks.

Prof. Elliott Campbell from UC Santa Cruz discussed what carbonyl sulfide teaches us about Earth biosphere at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on September 18, 2017. This talk was part of the short course Next-Generation Approach for Detecting Climate-Carbon Feedbacks.

Dr. Melinda Kahre from NASA's Ames Research Center presented her talk Amazonian Climate Modeling at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course The Polar Ice Caps and Climate of Mars on August 8, 2017.

Prof. Shane Byrne from University of Arizona presented his talk Overview of Mars Polar Caps and Present-day Conditions at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course The Polar Ice Caps and Climate of Mars on August 8, 2017.

Dr. Patricio Becerra from Universität Bern presented a talk on Polar Stratigraphy at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course The Polar Ice Caps and Climate of Mars on August 8, 2017.

Prof. Christine Hvidberg from Univ. of Copenhagen presented her talk Terrestrial Ice Sheets in Climate Studies at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course The Polar Ice Caps and Climate of Mars on August 8, 2017.

Prof. Jay Pasachoff (Williams College, Williamstown, MA; Visitor, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech) describes his scientific work at the last few total solar eclipses and how the ground-based coronal work links with the latest spacecraft observations to give the complete views of the solar atmosphere that are available only on the days of total eclipses. Among many planned projects, Prof. Jay Pasachoff discusses the JPL link to extremely-high-resolution radio observations.

Watch Dr. Scott Edgington from Jet Propulsion Laboratory talk about Cassini impact on revolutionizing our knowledge of the Saturn system. This lecture took place at the Keck Institute for Space Studies (Caltech) on May 15, 2017.

Watch Prof. David Jewitt from UCLA present his talk From Kuiper Belt to Comet at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Comets - Connecting the Origins of Solar Systems to the Origins of Life on June 5, 2017.

Watch Dr. Bjorn Davidsson from JPL discuss morphology and geology of short-period comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This talk was presented at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Comets - Connecting the Origins of Solar Systems to the Origins of Life on June 5, 2017.

Prof. Geoff Blake from Caltech presented a talk Protoplanetary Disks and Cometary Precursors at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Comets - Connecting the Origins of Solar Systems to the Origins of Life on June 5, 2017.

Watch Prof. Kathrin Altwegg from University of Bern give a talk on Deciphering the Rosetta Stone - What 67P Tells Us About the Origin and Evolution of Our Solar System at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on June 5, 2017.

Watch Dr. Steve Chien, Senior Research Scientist from JPL, talk about the Rosetta mission: science, operations, and the use of Artificial Intelligence to support Rosetta Orbiter operations.

Watch astronaut Tyler N. Nick Hague from NASA Johnson Space Center talk about operational perspectives on the use of telepresence to support planetary exploration. October 5, 2016 - Keck Institute for Space Studies, Caltech.

Watch Dr. Terry Fong from NASA Ames Research Center discuss Human/Robotics Collaborations and Interactions at the Keck Institute for Space Studies workshop Space Science Opportunities Augmented by Exploration Telepresence October 3, 2016.

Watch Prof. Kip Hodges from Arizona State University talk about the principles of geologic fieldwork on planets. This talk was part of the Keck Institute for Space Studies workshop Space Science Opportunities Augmented by Exploration Telepresence on October 3, 2016.

Dr. Daniel Lester from Exinetics analyzed lessons learned via telepresence usage on Earth at the Keck Institute for Space Studies workshop Space Science Opportunities Augmented by Exploration Telepresence on October 3, 2016.

Dr. R. Aileen Yingst from the Planetary Science Institute discussed the execution of geologic science with long latency robotic assets at the Keck Institute for Space Studies workshop Space Science Opportunities Augmented by Exploration Telepresence on October 3, 2016.

Watch Dr. Karl Stapelfeldt from JPL talk about exoplanet direct imaging during the KISS short course Mastering the Wave - The Whys and Hows of Exoplanet Imaging on August 22, 2016.

Watch Dr. Jared Males (University of Arizona) and Dr. Eric Cady (JPL) talk about the Exoplanet High Contrasting Imaging Technologies at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Mastering the Wave - The Whys and Hows of Exoplanet Imaging on August 22, 2016.

Watch Prof. Rob Fergus from NYU presenting an overview of machine learning approaches for applications to exoplanet detection at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Mastering the Wave - The Whys and Hows of Exoplanet Imaging on August 22, 2016.

Dr. Bryan Robinson from MIT Lincoln Laboratory presented his talk on optical communication flight systems at the recent short course Satellite Communication with Laser Beams – The Next Wave

Watch Dr. Suzana Sburlan (JPL) and Dr. Michael Kueppers (European Space Agency) introduce the optical communication for satellites at the short course Satellite Communication with Laser Beams – The Next Wave

Prof. Harlan Spence from University of New Hampshire and Dr. Renny Fields from the Aerospace Corporation discussed the optical communication for SmallSats and CubeSats at the recent short course Satellite Communication with Laser Beams – The Next Wave"

Watch Michael Hecht from MIT analyze the challenges, current status, and prospects of ISRU on Mars at the recent "ISRU on Mars" Short Course

Watch David Kass from JPL presenting the overview of the surface and atmosphere of Mars at the "ISRU on Mars" Short Course

Watch Gerald Sanders from NASA-JSC discuss the in-situ resource utilization on Mars at the "ISRU on Mars" Short Course

Watch CX Xiang from Caltech discuss the challenges, current status, and prospects of photoelectrochemical conversion of CO2 at the "ISRU on Mars" Short Course.

Watch Ronald G. Blom, Ph. D. (Principal Scientist (Retired), Jet Propulsion Laboratory) discussing how remote sensing data from spacecraft and aircraft have contributed significantly to archaeological research.

Watch John Blincow from Gateway Foundation and Tom Spilker from JPL discuss constructing The Gateway, a spaceport through the method of "Block Construction." This lecture took place at the Keck Institute for Space Studies/Caltech on January 13, 2016.

Watch Dr. Chris Webster from JPL/Caltech talk about atmospheric chemistry and methane measurements at the Methane on Mars Short Course - Keck Institute for Space Studies/Caltech - December 7, 2015.

Watch Prof. Ken Nealson from USC analyze life in the Martian context during the Methane on Mars Short Course at the Keck Institute for Space Studies/Caltech on December 7, 2015.

Watch Dr. Michael Mischna (JPL/Caltech) discuss Martian climate history during the Methane on Mars Short Course at the Keck Institute for Space Studies/Caltech on December 7, 2015.

Watch Prof. Barbara Sherwood Lollar from University of Toronto analyze biotic and abiotic methane sources during the Short Course Methane on Mars at the Keck Institute for Space Studies/Caltech on December 7, 2015.

Watch Prof. Bethany Ehlmann from Caltech talk about the History of Liquid Water on Mars during the Short Course "Methane on Mars" at the Keck Institute for Space Studies/Caltech on December 7, 2015.

Watch Dr. John L. Hall - Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2005 - present a lecture about Light, Atomic Clocks, and Testing Einstein Assumptions on November 4, 2015 at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, Caltech.

Watch Dr. Scott Diddams from NIST talk about the "Fundamentals of frequency combs: What they are and how they work" during the Short Course "Fundamentals of Optical Frequency Comb Technology and Applications" at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on November 2, 2015.

Watch Dr. Nathan Newbury from NIST discussing the Applications of Frequency Combs during the Short Course "Fundamentals of Optical Frequency Comb Technology and Applications" at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on November 2, 2015.

Watch Dr. Mike Shao from JPL talking about Space Flight Considerations for Precision Optical Instruments during the Short Course "Fundamentals of Optical Frequency Comb Technology and Applications" at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on November 2, 2015.

Watch Dr. Carl Weimer from Ball Aerospace and Technologies share his comments on Instrument Qualification during the Short Course "Fundamentals of Optical Frequency Comb Technology and Applications" at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on November 2, 2015.

Watch a recording of the Space Entrepreneurship Panel that took place at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on October 27, 2015.

Joshua Fisher from JPL talked about Terrestrial Ecosystems at the Short Course "Observing Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Carbon Cycle from Space" at the Keck Institute for Space Studies/Caltech (October 5, 2015).

Watch Shawn Serbin from Brookhaven National Laboratory talking about Plant Traits/Imaging Spectroscopy at the Short Course "Observing Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Carbon Cycle from Space" at Keck Institute for Space Studies, October 5, 2015.

Watch Simon Hook from JPL talk about Ecohydrology/ECOSTRESS during the recent Short Course "Observing Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Carbon Cycle from Space" - Keck Institute for Space Studies, October 5, 2015.

Watch Ralph Dubayah from the University of Maryland discuss Vegetation Structure/Biomass/GEDI at the recent Short Course "Observing Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Carbon Cycle from Space" at the Keck Institute for Space Studies/Caltech (October 5, 2015).

Watch Christian Frankenberg (Caltech) giving a talk about xC02/Fluorescence/OC0-3 at the recent Short Course "Observing Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Carbon Cycle from Space" - Keck Institute for Space Studies, October 5, 2015.

Lesley Ott from NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center talked about the carbon cycle at the Short Course "Observing Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Carbon Cycle from Space" at the Keck Institute for Space Studies/Caltech (October 5, 2015).

Watch Ryan Pavlick from JPL presenting his talk "From Stovepipes to Synthesis" during recent workshop "Observing Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Carbon Cycle from Space" at the Keck Institute for Space Studies (October 5, 2015)

Jonathan I. Lunine, he David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences and Director of the Center for Radiophysics and Space Research at Cornell University, talked about life in exotic non aqueous environments at the Keck Institute for Space Studies/Caltech. September 16, 2015.

Dr. Don Pettit, NASA Astronaut from Johnson Space Center, talked about the rocket equation at the Keck Institute for Space Studies/Caltech. August 27, 2015.

Rob Mueller from NASA/Kennedy Space Center talked about space environments and planetary civil engineering at the Short Course Using In-Situ Resources for 3D Additive Construction in Space at the Keck Institute for Space Studies/Caltech. August 24, 2015.

A. Scott Howe from JPL presented a talk about space architecture at the short course Using In-Situ Resources for 3D Additive Construction in Space. Keck institute for Space Studies, Caltech. August 24, 2015.

Watch Philip Metzger from University of Central Florida giving a talk Material Properties of Regolith and Other Materials Available on the Moon, Mars and Asteroids for 3D Additive Construction on August 24, 2015 at Caltech. This talk was part of the Short Course Using In-Situ Resources for 3D Additive Construction in Space presented by the Keck Institute for Space Studies.

Watch Brian Wilcox from JPL giving a talk about robotics for 3D additive construction on August 24, 2015 at Caltech. This talk was part of the Short Course Using In-Situ Resources for 3D Additive Construction in Space presented by the Keck Institute for Space Studies.

Dr. Scott Pace, Director of the Space Policy Institute and Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at George Washington University, talks about international environment for space exploration to build a more secure, stable, and prosperous world. Keck Institute for Space Studies, Caltech. August 18, 2015.

Rosaly M. C. Lopes, a Senior Research Scientist and Section Manager for Planetary Science at NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, presents a lecture about volcanoes on Earth and in the Solar System, emphasizing how they have affected our scientific thinking, art, and culture. May 14, 2015.

Watch Professor Logsdon’s talk based on his new book "After Apollo? Richard Nixon and the American Space Program." John M. Logsdon is Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs. The talk was presented at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on May 6, 2015.

MiMi Aung, the Autonomous Systems Deputy Division Manager at JPL, presented the Mars Helicopter Scout at the Keck Institute for Space Studies lecture on April 1, 2015.

Professor Ed Stone from Caltech talks about Exploring in the Interstellar Medium during the short course at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on September 8, 2014. In conjunction with the KISS program Science and Enabling Technologies to Explore the Interstellar Medium

Professor Freeman Dyson from IAS, Princeton presents Exploring in the Interstellar Medium during the short course at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on September 8, 2014. In conjunction with the KISS program Science and Enabling Technologies to Explore the Interstellar Medium

Dr. Ralph McNutt from APL/Johns Hopkins University presents Exploring in the Interstellar Medium during the short course at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on September 8, 2014. In conjunction with the KISS program Science and Enabling Technologies to Explore the Interstellar Medium

Professor Mike Brown from Caltech talks about Exploring in the Interstellar Medium during the short course at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on September 8, 2014. In conjunction with the KISS program Science and Enabling Technologies to Explore the Interstellar Medium

Dr. Slava Turyshev from JPL/Caltech talks about Exploring in the Interstellar Medium during the short course at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on September 8, 2014. In conjunction with the KISS program Science and Enabling Technologies to Explore the Interstellar Medium

Dr. Stanley Love, NASA Astronaut and Asteroid Scientist, presented this lecture at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on August 12, 2014

Dr. Carol Raymond from JPL presents NEOs: Current Understanding and Key Unknowns at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, August 11, 2014

Professor Leslie Gertsch from Missouri University of Science and Technology talks about Harvesting NEO Riches: A Mining Engineer's Perspective at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, August 11, 2014

Dr. Paul Chodas from JPL presents his talk on Protecting Earth from NEO Impacts at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, August 11, 2014

Dr. William Bottke talks about Connecting NEO Origins to Solar System Evolution at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, August 11, 2014

D. Stevenson presents his talk on Venus: Major Science Questions at the Keck Institute for Space Studies. Venus Seismology Workshop. June 2, 2014.

J. Hall presents Exploring Venus with Landers, Orbiters and Baloons at the Keck Institute for Space Studies. Venus Seismology Workshop. June 2, 2014

David Mimoun presents his talk on Taking the Lid Off the Internal Structure of Venus: Options for a Seismic Investigation at the Keck Institute for Space Studies. Venus Seismology Workshop. June 2, 2014.

Pr. Philippe Lognonné presents lecture New Frontiers of Planetary Seismology at the Keck Institute for Space Studies. June 3, 2014.

Alexander MacDonald presents his lecture The Long Space Age: An Economic History of American Space Exploration at the Keck Institute for Space Studies. May 27, 2014.

Harish Manohara presents his talk on MEMS for Deployables at the Adaptive Multi-Functional Space Structures for Micro-Climate Control Workshop at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, 2014.

Adrian Stoica presents Transformers for Micro-Climate Control at the Adaptive Multi-Functional Space Structures for Micro-Climate Control Workshop at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, 2014

Howard Bloom presents Garden the Solar System, Green the Galaxy at the Adaptive Multi-Functional Space Structures for Micro-Climate Control Workshop at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, 2014

Kendra Short presents Printed Electronics Systems Overview at the Keck Institute for Space Studies as part of the Adaptive Multi-Functional Space Structures for Micro-Climate Control Workshop, 2014

Jim Lyke presents Reconfigurable Electronics and Advanced Packaging at the Keck Institute for Space Studies as part of the Adaptive Multi-Functional Space Structures for Micro-Climate Control Workshop, 2014

Ken Farley speaks about Age Dating a Rock on Mars at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, 2014

Andrea Donnellan from JPL presents a lecture The Past, Present, and Future of Understanding Earthquakes Using Space Observations at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, April 14, 2014

Tom Jones, Garrett Reisman, Rusty Schweickart, and Louis Friedman present a lecture The Future of Human Spaceflight at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, April 8, 2014

John Ziemer, Concept Innovation Methods Chief at JPL, presents Exploring Mission Concepts with the JPL Innovation Foundry A-Team at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on January 15, 2014.

Yi Chao, from Remote Sensing Solutions, Inc., discusses the future of remote sensing. This talk was part of the Satellites, Ocean Robots and the Marine Carbon Cycle short course at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on October 7, 2013.

Steve Chien from JPL/Caltech discusses science driven autonomy for space exploration and parallels to ocean science. This talk was part of the Satellites, Ocean Robots and the Marine Carbon Cycle short course at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on October 7, 2013.

Mike Jakuba from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution discusses the successes, challenges and opportunities for autonomy in robotics for oceanographic science. This talk was part of the Satellites, Ocean Robots and the Marine Carbon Cycle short course at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on October 7, 2013.

Craig Lee from the University of Washington discusses the physical dynamics of the marine carbon cycle. This talk was part of the Satellites, Ocean Robots and the Marine Carbon Cycle short course at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on October 7, 2013.

Douglas Wallace from Dalhousie University discusses the ocean carbon cycle. This talk was part of the Satellites, Ocean Robots and the Marine Carbon Cycle short course at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on October 7, 2013.

Anna Wahlin from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden discusses Oceanography at the Antarctic Margins. This talk was part of The Sleeping Giant: Measuring Ocean Ice Interactions in Antarctica short course at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on September 9, 2013.

Eric Rignot from UC Irvine discusses Observing Antarctic Glaciers. This talk was part of The Sleeping Giant: Measuring Ocean Ice Interactions in Antarctica short course at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on September 9, 2013.

Tony Payne from the University of Bristol discusses Ocean-Ice Interactions: A Cryospheric Perspective. This talk was part of The Sleeping Giant: Measuring Ocean Ice Interactions in Antarctica short course at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on September 9, 2013.

David Holland from New York University discusses Ocean-Ice Interactions: An Oceanic Perspective. This talk was part of The Sleeping Giant: Measuring Ocean Ice Interactions in Antarctica short course at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on September 9, 2013.

Gerald Schubert from UCLA prepared a talk which is presented by Dave Stevenson from Caltech. This talk was part of the Short Course on Magnetic Fields: A Window to a Planet's Interior and Habitability at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on August 12, 2013.

Dave Stevenson from Caltech discusses magnetic fields in solar system planets. This talk was part of the Short Course on Magnetic Fields: A Window to a Planet's Interior and Habitability at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on August 12, 2013.

Wes Traub from JPL discusses exoplanets. This talk was part of the Short Course on Magnetic Fields: A Window to a Planet's Interior and Habitability at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on August 12, 2013.

Evgenya Shkolnik from Lowell Observatory discusses detecting exoplanetary magnetic fields with star-planet interactions. This talk was part of the Short Course on Magnetic Fields: A Window to a Planet's Interior and Habitability at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on August 12, 2013.

Jospeh Lazio from JPL discusses magnetic fields in extrasolar planets: observational approaches. This talk was part of the Short Course on Magnetic Fields: A Window to a Planet's Interior and Habitability at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on August 12, 2013.

Leon Alkalai from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory discusses future lunar missions. This talk was part of the Short Course on Lunar Volatiles during the New Approaches to Lunar Ice Detection and Mapping workshop at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on July 22, 2013.

Tony Colaprete from NASA Ames Research Center discusses results from the LCROSS Solar Viewing NIR Spectrometer. This talk was part of the Short Course on Lunar Volatiles during the New Approaches to Lunar Ice Detection and Mapping workshop at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on July 22, 2013.

Jean-Philippe Combe from Bear Fight Institute discusses Lunar OH/H2O. This talk was part of the Short Course on Lunar Volatiles during the New Approaches to Lunar Ice Detection and Mapping workshop at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on July 22, 2013.

Andy Ingersoll from Caltech Institute discusses volatiles on airless bodies. This talk was part of the Short Course on Lunar Volatiles during the New Approaches to Lunar Ice Detection and Mapping workshop at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on July 22, 2013.

Paul Lucey from University of Hawaii and Dave Paige from UCLA discuss recent results. This talk was part of the Short Course on Lunar Volatiles during the New Approaches to Lunar Ice Detection and Mapping workshop at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on July 22, 2013.

Tim McClanahan from NASA/GSFC discusses lunar hydrogen sequestration towards poleward facing slopes. This talk was part of the Short Course on Lunar Volatiles during the New Approaches to Lunar Ice Detection and Mapping workshop at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on July 22, 2013.

Catherine Neish from NASA/GSFC discusses radar observations of the lunar poles. This talk was part of the Short Course on Lunar Volatiles during the New Approaches to Lunar Ice Detection and Mapping workshop at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on July 22, 2013.

Dave Paige from UCLA discusses recent thermal results. This talk was part of the Short Course on Lunar Volatiles during the New Approaches to Lunar Ice Detection and Mapping workshop at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on July 22, 2013.

Jerry Sanders from NASA/JSC discusses future missions and in situ resource utilization requirements. This talk was part of the Short Course on Lunar Volatiles during the New Approaches to Lunar Ice Detection and Mapping workshop at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on July 22, 2013.

Robert Staehle from JPL discusses new technology for smallsat missions. This talk was part of the Short Course on Lunar Volatiles during the New Approaches to Lunar Ice Detection and Mapping workshop at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech on July 22, 2013.

Matt Golombek, Mars Exploration Program Landing Site Scientist at JPL, discusses remote sensing of physical properties of surface materials on Mars during this Keck Institute for Space Studies technical lecture at Caltech on July 8, 2013.

Titan, the moon of Saturn with a thick atmosphere and liquid hydrocarbon lakes, is considered the best target in the solar system for the study of organic chemistry on a planetary scale. Solar radiation and energetic particles activate methane and nitrogen in the atmosphere of Titan, which react to form complex organic aerosols. Dr. Cable describes how we can use lab on a chip technologies to tease apart these complex organic mixtures and identify key species (June 19, 2013).

Over the last decade, a few commercial telecommunication ventures as well as several well-funded military programs have attempted to develop autonomous, solar powered, high-altitude light-than-air (LTA) vehicles known as airships, which could maneuver and station-keep for weeks, months, or even years (May 2, 2013).

Sarah Miller, from UC Riverside and Caltech, gives an introduction to the Airships: A New Horizon for Science Short Course (April 30, 2013).

Rob Fesen from Dartmouth discusses the timeliness of science on airships at the Airships Short Course (April 30, 2013).

Jens Kauffmann from Caltech compares airships to other science platforms during this Keck Institute for Space Studies Short Course (April 30, 2013).

Steve Lord from Caltech discusses atmospheric considerations and advantages during the Airships Short Course (April 30, 2013).

Randy Friedl from JPL discusses airships and Earth science opportunities during the Airships Short Course (April 30, 2013).

Geoff Blake from Caltech discusses key science opportunities from airships in planetary and small bodies science at the Airships Short Course (April 30, 2013).

Michael Werner from JPL/Caltech gives a talk on Astrophysics v. Airships during this Keck Institute for Space Studies short course on Airships (April 30, 2013).

Paul Goldsmith from JPL discusses airship platform for long-wavelength astrophysics at the Airships Short Course (April 30, 2013).

George Washington University Professor Emeritus John Logsdon will discuss the factors that led President John F. Kennedy to set sending Americans to the Moon as a national goal (February 20, 2013).

Professor Jim Bell from Arizona State University reviews some of the recent highlights from Mars surface missions (especially the continuing adventures of the Opportunity and Curiosity rovers), discusses the kinds of up-close contact science measurements that can be done from such robotic vehicles, and talks about how the lessons learned from these missions can influence future Mars, asteroid, and comet rovers and landers. (February 20, 2013).

Space agencies around the world, including in the United States, are increasing their reliance on private corporations to reduce costs and avoid long development cycles. But what is the impact on the space, planetary, and earth sciences? How will we strike a balance between scientific inquiry and the bottom line? An internationally renowned panel of scientists, industry executives, and policy experts discuss these issues and more (January 10, 2013).

JPL's Torrence Johnson discusses missions to primitive bodies (April 30, 2012).

JPL's Suzanne Smrekar discusses how Venus ended up so different from Earth today given its similar birth position in the solar disk (November 5, 2012).

Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo's Jordi Puig-Suari discusses how miniature spacecrafts are the choice for student satellites worldwide and are becoming a serious option for many missions being developed by traditional space organizations (October 30, 2012).

Colorado State University's Ian Baker discusses the global carbon cycle (August 26, 2012).

Joe Berry from Carnegie Institution for Sciences at Stanford gives a primer into photosynthesis and chlorophyll fluorescence (August 26, 2012).

JPL's Christian Frankenberg discusses retrieval of chlorophyll fluorescence from space (August 26, 2012).

JPL's Robert Rasmussen discusses principled system architecture (July 30, 2012).

MIT's Brian Williams discusses autonomy practices (July 30, 2012).

JPL's Kim Gostelow discusses capturing flight software architecture using domain specific languages (July 30, 2012).

Caltech's Richard Murray discusses control theory and methods (July 30, 2012).

Henry Garrett from JPL discusses ultra-reliability for interstellar missions (July 30, 2012).

Ranga Ram Chary from Caltech, Chris Martin from Caltech, Phil Nicholson from Cornell and Vassilis Angelopoulos from UCLA discuss small satellites in a panel moderated by Sterl Phinney (July 16, 2012).

JPL's Julie Castillo-Rogez discusses SmallSats mission concepts for planetary exploration (July 16, 2012).

Glenn Lightsey from UT Austin discusses the capabilities of the SmallSat platform (July 16, 2012).

James Cutler from the University of Michigan discusses the NSF CubeSat experiment (July 16, 2012).

Pumpkin Inc.'s Andrew Kalman discusses a nanosatellite designer's perspective (July 16, 2012).

Caltech's Shri Kulkarni discusses LIMSat (July 16, 2012).

Markus Aspelmeyer from the University of Vienna discusses the quantum experiments in space (June 25, 2012).

JPL's Sam Dolinar discusses the fundamentals of free-space optical communication (June 25, 2012).

Scuola Normale Superiore's Vittorio Giovannetti discusses quantum measurements (June 25, 2012).

Caltech's Yanbei Chen discusses fundamentals of optical interferometry for gravitational wave detection (June 25, 2012).

JPL's Slava Turyshev discusses the history, recent progress and possible future directions for solar system tests of relativistic gravity in space (June 25, 2012).

JPL's Julie Castillo-Rogez discusses the current state of knowledge about origins from remote, in situ and returned sample exploration (April 30, 2012).

JPL's Carol Raymond discusses the Dawn Mission to Vesta and Ceres, the two most massive objects in the main asteroid belt (May 2, 2012).

Hal Levison from Southwest Research Institute discusses preliminary results of new work they have been doing that may revolutionize our understanding of how and when planets formed (April 30, 2012).

Arizona State Professor Jim Bell discusses geology and geophysical observations of small bodies (April 30, 2012).

Dartmouth Professor Eric Fossum discusses the science and technology of digital image sensors (November 11, 2011).

Caltech Professor S. George Djorgovski discusses how science, scholarship, and education are being transformed by the advances in computation and information technology (December 13, 2011).

Caltech Professor S. George Djorgovski discusses how science, scholarship, and education are being transformed by the advances in computation and information technology (December 13, 2011). High Definition Version

The Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) and The Planetary Society present a panel discussion examining novel ideas for capturing and moving a small Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) closer to Earth (September 28, 2011).

Tom Jones from Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition discusses human exploration in this short course during the Asteroid Retrieval Mission Study (September 27, 2011).

The Aerospace Corporation's Bill Ailor discusses planetary defense in this short course during the Asteroid Retrieval Mission Study (September 27, 2011).

Marco Tantardini from The Planetary Society discusses low delta-V trajectories in this short course during the Asteroid Retrieval Mission Study (September 27, 2011).

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Damon Landau discusses low-thrust SEP trajectories in this short course during the Asteroid Retrieval Mission Study (September 27, 2011).

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Brian Wilcox discusses capturing non-cooperative objects in this short course during the Asteroid Retrieval Mission Study (September 27, 2011).

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Don Yeomans discusses the discovery of small NEAs in this short course during the Asteroid Retrieval Mission Study (September 27, 2011).

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's John Brophy gives a summary of previous study and SEP technology in this short course during the Asteroid Retrieval Mission Study (September 27, 2011).

John Lewis from the University of Arizona discusses resource potential of NEAs in this short course during the Asteroid Retrieval Mission Study (September 27, 2011).

Paul Abell, Lead Scientist of Astromaterial Research and Exploration Science at NASA-Johnson Space Center, discusses Near-Earth Objects: Targets for Future Human Exploration, Solar System Science, and Planetary Defense during the Caltech Space Challenge (September 12, 2011).

John Baker, Manager of Human and Robotic Mission Systems Office at NASA-JPL, discusses building blocks for sending humans to a NEO during the Caltech Space Challenge (September 12, 2011).

Andrew Cheng, Chief Scientist in the Applied Physics Laboratory at the John Hopkins University, discusses surveys for NEO exploration during the Caltech Space Challenge (September 12, 2011).

Bret Drake, Teleconference, Exploration Architect at the NASA-Johnson Space Center Exploration Systems and Mission Office, discusses architectures for human exploration of near Earth asteroids during the Caltech Space Challenge (September 12, 2011).

Josh Hopkins, Space Exploration Architect at Lockheed Martin Space Company, discusses the Plymouth Rock concept of keeping asteroid missions simple during the Caltech Space Challenge (September 12, 2011).

Takashi Kubota, Professor, Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences, JAXA, discusses advanced challenges in Hayabusa Asteroid sample return mission during the Caltech Space Challenge (September 12, 2011).

Damon Landau, Mission Design Engineer, Outer Planet Mission Analysis Group, NASA-JPL, discusses trajectory design and optimization for human exploration of Near Earth Objects during the Caltech Space Challenge (September 12, 2011).

Pascal Renten, University of Stuttgart, discusses ISECG and NEA scenarios from a student's perspective during the Caltech Space Challenge (September 12, 2011).

Gerhard Schwehm, Rosetta Mission Manager, Head of Planetary Science Division, European Space Agency, discusses the making of Rosetta from the dream of a comet-nucleus sample-return mission to a comet orbiter and lander mission during the Caltech Space Challenge (September 12, 2011).

Ron Turner, Analytic Services Inc. Fellow, discusses radiation risks and challenges associated with a human mission to an asteroid during the Caltech Space Challenge (September 12, 2011).

Don Yeomans, Senior Research Scientist and JPL Fellow, Manager Near Earth Object Program Office, NASA - JPL, discusses why to go to a Near Earth Object during the Caltech Space Challenge (September 12, 2011).

Arizona State University's Paul Scowen discusses UV spectroscopy/imaging and science questions in this short course (August 29, 2011).

Michael Hoenk and Frank Greer from JPL discuss what is on the surface in this short course (August 29, 2011).

Nai-Chang Yeh from Caltech and Doug Bell from JPL discuss nanotechnology and its relevance to UV science in this short course (August 29, 2011).

Kevin France, Chris Martin, Bruce Woodgate, Amanda Hendrix, Hakeem Olusheyi, and Wes Traub participate in a panel discussion on UV/optical science as part of this short course (August 29, 2011).

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Robert C. Anderson discusses Mars surface analogues on Earth - mechanical properties of regoilth in this short course (June 20, 2011).

Caltech's Jose Andrade gives an intro to soil mechanics in this short course (June 20, 2011).

MIT's Karl Iagnemma discusses engineering methods for surface interaction modeling in this short course (June 20, 2011).

Washington University's Ray Arvidson discusses remote sensing of Mars in this short course (June 20, 2011).

The Albert Einstein Institute's Badri Krishnan discusses gravitational wave data analysis in this short course (June 7, 2011).

Jeff Scargle from NASA Ames discusses new developments in time series analysis in this short course (June 7, 2011).

Caltech's Ashish Mahabal discusses automated classification of transients in this short course (June 7, 2011).

Pavlos Protopapas from CfA discusses machine learning and statistics applications in this short course (June 7, 2011).

The Climate Institute's Mike McCracken discusses the potential for climate (geo-) engineering to help to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial in this short course (May 23, 2011).

NOAA's Graham Feingold discusses aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions in warm clouds in this short course (May 23, 2011).

JPL's Thomas H. Painter discusses influences of dust and black carbon on melt of snow and ice: mitigation and geoengineering in this short course (May 23, 2011).

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Phil Rasch discusses modeling climate physics: challenges and climate sensivity studies in this short course (May 23, 2011).

Tom Prince, Director of the Keck Institute for Space Studies, and Bill Nye, Executive Director of the Planetary Society, introduce the exoplanet discussion (October 4, 2010).

Professor Eric Ford of the University of Florida discusses exoplanets (October 4, 2010).

Professor Jason Wright of Pennsylvania State University discusses exoplanets (October 4, 2010).

Professor Natalie Batalha of San Jose State university discusses exoplanets (October 4, 2010).

Dr. Mark Swain of the NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory discusses exoplanets (October 4, 2010).

Mike Seiffert from JPL discusses CMB spectral distortion constraints from ground, sub-orbital, and space experiments in this short course (August 16, 2010).

Jens Chluba from CITA discusses atomic lines from the recombination era, Compton parameter (y), and chemical potential (mu) in this short course (August 16, 2010).

Chris Hirata from Caltech discusses molecular and metal lines from early galaxies in this short course (August 16, 2010).

Steve Furlanetto from UCLA discusses the redshifted 21 cm signal in this short course (August 16, 2010).

Jonathan Lunine from the University of Rome discusses Titan in this short course (May 25, 2010).

Jonathan Lunine from the University of Rome discusses Titan in this short course (May 25, 2010).

Watch Professor Francis Nimmo from UCSC discuss geophysics and interior processes of rocky and icy bodies at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Tidal Heating on Solar System Worlds on October 15, 2018.

Watch Dr. Julie Rathbun (PSI) analyze geological activity on tidally-heated solar system worlds at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Tidal Heating on Solar System Worlds on October 15, 2018.

Watch Professor Christine McCarthy from Columbia University talk about planetary materials and their response to tidal deformation at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Tidal Heating on Solar System Worlds on October 15, 2018.

Watch Professor Jim Fuller from Caltech present his talk on Linking Tidal, Rotational, and Orbital Evolution at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Tidal Heating on Solar System Worlds on October 15, 2018.