The Cosmic Exploration presentations will begin at 7:30 p.m. and will be followed by a light reception with the opportunity to meet the speaker. The Cosmic Explorations Speaker Series is free; all adults are welcome.
Seminars are held at
The Lunar and Planetary Institute USRA
3600 Bay Area Blvd, Houston
Click here for a pdf map of our location
For more information, please call
281-486-2163 or e-mail CosmicLecture@lpi.usra.edu
Speakers Bureau
Scientists and staff of the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) and the Division of Space Life Sciences (DSLS) are available for presentations to schools, civic groups, and other organizations.
Request a speaker for the Houston region or request a specific LPI/DSLS Speaker
Speaker Series Archive
2011–2012
NASA's Year of the Solar System: New Missions, New Perspectives, New Questions
Humanity's Changing Relationship with the Solar System (video)
September 22, 2011
New Understanding of Solar System Evolution
Planet Formation: What's New With the Oldest Events in the Solar System,
November 10, 2011
Bill Bottke
The GRAIL Mission and New Understanding of the Moon (video)
February 2, 2012
Maria Zuber
Mars: Discoveries and Insights from 50 Years of Robotic Exploration (video)
June 7, 2012
2010–2011
Changing Climates in the Solar System
Venus, Earth, and Mars: A Climate Overview
September 16, 2010
Dr. Andrew Ingersoll, California Institute of Technology
Climate Change on Mars
Mars: The Decline and Fall of an Earth-Like Climate
November 18, 2010
Dr. Allan Treiman, Lunar and Planetary Institute
Climate Change due to Impact Events
Calamitous Climate Change Produced by Impacting Asteroids
and Comets
January 27, 2011
Dr. David Kring, Lunar and Planetary Institute
Earth’s Dynamic Climate Part 1
Icehouse to Greenhouse Transitions in Earth History: Lessons from
Deep Time to Recent
February 24, 2011
Dr. Eugene Domack, Hamilton College
Earth’s Dynamic Climate Part 2
Earth’s Climate History: 1 Million Years Ago to the Present
May 19, 2011
Dr. James White, The University of Colorado at Boulder
2009–2010
Preparing for The Search for Meaning, for Planets, for Life, November 19, 2009
Astronomy, God, and the Search for Elegance (video)
Brother Guy Consolmagno, SJ
The Search for Extrasolar Planets, January 14, 2010
Kepler, and the Search for Habitable Earths (video)
Dr. William Cochran, University of Texas-Austin
The Search for Habitable Zones, February 11, 2010
Finding and Making Habitable Planets (video)
Dr. Jim Kasting, Penn State University
The Search for Life, April 29, 2010
What is LIfe? (and how should we look for it?) (video)
Dr. Tori Hoehler, NASA Ames Research Center
2008–2009
Preparing for the Intrnational Year of Astronomy, November 13, 2008
From the Big Bang to Big Brains: The Origin of Structure in an Evolving Universe
Dr. Jeff Hester
Observing during the International Year of Astronmy, February 18, 2009
Exploding Stars in an Accelerating Universe (Presentation available here)
Dr. Craig Wheeler
Exploring during the International Year of Astronomy
April 23, 2009
Dr. Paul Spudis
The Future of Astronomy, June 18, 2009
Star Cities of the Milky Way
Dr. Caty Pilachowski
