Join us on Friday January 16, 2026 at 7:30 pm at the VBAS Planetarium for our monthly member meeting. Admission is open to the public.
The science behind the structure of the universe
Benjamin Gibson will be our speaker for January. He is an astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. He describes himself as a galactic archaeologist by using stars as a fossil history to trace the merger and evolution history of the galaxy.
Abstract: Join me on a tour of our night sky, and learn a bit of the hidden reality of the Milky Way and other galaxies across the cosmos! We’ll explore various parts of the electromagnetic spectrum and get an idea for many of the astronomical curiosities that we can’t see with our eyes. We’ll also see dozens of beautiful images from the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes, as well as many of the other top observatories across the world. Gain a new appreciation for the night sky and all the wonder that’s out there!