The image is of the stages of a solar eclipse (Credit: Keon Gibson)

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The image is of the stages of a solar eclipse (Credit: Keon Gibson)

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The image is of NASA’s Mars missions, clockwise from top left: Perseverance Rover and Ingenuity Mars Helicopter; InSight Lander; Odyssey Orbiter; MAVEN Orbiter; Curiosity Rover; and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. (Credit: NASA/JPL)

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The image above is of the WindSled mobile lab in the Antarctic.

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The image above is of a galaxy cluster taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (credit: NASA) .

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The image above (credit: NASA) is of OSIRIS-REx: the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer, which is managed by the Goddard Space Flight Center. It is the craft that returned samples from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, which is a carbon-rich asteroid that records the earliest history of our Solar System and which may contain the molecular precursors to the origin of life and the Earth's oceans. Our speaker, Dr. Heather Graham, is one of the scientists working on the OSIRIS-REx project and studying the samples from Bennu.

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On November 30th at 7:00 PM, Hamptons Observatory and the South Fork Natural History Museum are pleased to present a free, virtual lecture by renown meteorologist, Joe Rao, who will speak about the relationship between astronomy, climate and weather.

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On November 7th at 7:00 PM, Hamptons Observatory and Suffolk County Community College are pleased to present a free, virtual lecture by renown author and solar eclipse aficionado, Dr. Kate Russo who’ll discuss this inspiring celestial phenomenon and give us tips about how to view the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse. Image Credit: Keon Gibson

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NASA Solar System Ambassador, William Francis Taylor, MSc, will give a free, virtual lecture about the heavenly bodies and celestial events—including the Oct. 14th solar eclipse--that can be observed this autumn.

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Dr. Christopher T. Britt from the Space Telescope Science Institute will speak about Hubble’s new program, ULLYSES, that will create a legacy of data on the first 10 million years of stellar evolution that will support the exploration of a range of research topics for decades to come. Registration required: https://hubble.eventbrite.com

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The image is of the Lagoon Nebula, taken by The Condor Array Telescope. On June 8th at 7:00 PM, join Hamptons Observatory and the Amagansett Library for a free, virtual lecture presented by eminent Stony Brook University astronomer, Prof. Kenneth Lanzetta, who will talk about the Condor Array Telescope, a new type of astronomical telescope that has attracted significant scientific and popular attention. To register, go to https://bit.ly/CondorTalk

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Join Hamptons Observatory and Southampton Arts Center for a free, virtual lecture presented by Dr. Margaret Weitekamp, Curator & Chair of the Space History Department at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, who’ll speak about the history of spaceflight and space science fiction.

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Join Hamptons Observatory and co-host South Fork Natural History Museum (SoFo) for a free, virtual lecture presented by NASA Solar System Ambassador, William Francis Taylor, who will talk about the celestial events to look forward to this Spring and update us on the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Join Hamptons Observatory and co-host Suffolk County Community College for a free, virtual lecture presented by renowned polar explorer and inventor of the Inuit Windsled, Ramon Larramendi, who’ll speak about his adventures and the platform he created that revolutionized polar research.

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Join Hamptons Observatory and co-host Suffolk County Community College for a free, virtual lecture presented by internationally renowned multi-disciplinary scientist, researcher and explorer, Prof. Paul Andrew Mayewski, who’ll speak about his remarkable adventures across the globe to discover how and why climate changes.

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Join Hamptons Observatory and co-host Amagansett Library for a free, virtual lecture presented by Hayden Planetarium lecturer, Lydia Maria Petrosino, who will speak about the influence of early astronomy on the creation of our modern calendar.

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Join Hamptons Observatory for a free, virtual lecture presented by Dr. Jill Tarter, who pioneered SETI research and is now leading the construction of the Allen Telescope Array in her continuing quest to find an answer to the age-old question, “Are We Alone?”

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Join Hamptons Observatory and co-host Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt belt for a free, virtual lecture presented by NASA Solar System Ambassador, William Francis Taylor, as he talks about what’s up in the sky through the rest of the year.

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Join Hamptons Observatory for a free, virtual lecture presented by Dr. Rainer Weiss, 2017 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics, as he talks about gravitational wave astronomy, its significance to our understanding of the universe, and his vision for the future of this field of science.

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Join Hamptons Observatory to learn about the study of space and its celestial bodies from Dr. Andoni G. Moral Inza, European Space Agency and the National Institute for Aerospace Technology in Spain.

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Join Hamptons Observatory as we learn about and see the wonders of our universe from images provided by the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Join Hamptons Observatory for a free, virtual presentation by Prof. Alan Rice who will discuss major meteor strikes and what we can learn from them.

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A free, virtual presentation about the European Space Agency’s current and future missions, by its Director of Science, Dr. Guenther Hasinger.

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A virtual lecture about a new meteor shower, discovered (and presented) by renown meteorologist, Joe Rao.

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A free, virtual lecture by best-selling author and Prof. of Science (Harvard), Dr. Avi Loeb, about the search for extraterrestrial life. Introduction by acclaimed, award-winning science author, Dava Sobel.

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A virtual astronomy lecture about NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope – the largest and most complex space science telescope ever built – the premier observatory of the next decade.

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A virtual discussion about the European Space Agency’s JUICE mission to explore to Jupiter and its icy moons.

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Presented by Susan Harder. Learn how light pollution negatively impacts you and your community: harms health, wastes money, disrupts wildlife, is an environmental hazard, prevents our view of the starry skies and, contrary to popular belief, may even contribute to crime.

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Presented by John W. Briggs. A free virtual talk.