The Buffalo Astronomical Association
invites you to join us for our
2016 Annual Dinner Banquet
with special guest speaker
Kimberly Cartier   |   PhD candidate at The Pennsylvania State University

 

Exoplanets, the Future, and You
It has been a long road of discovery from the very first extra-solar planet (now, which one was it
again?) to nearly two thousand confirmed planets and counting. We’ve entered an age where it
is possible to directly observe exoplanets and study the makeup of their atmospheres. With new
telescopes on the horizon, we stride toward answering one of our most fundamental questions:
how does our planet fit in to the grand scheme of the cosmos. And through the combined
efforts of nearly half a million citizen scientists worldwide, we can revolutionize our understanding
of what worlds may be out just waiting for us to discover.

Kimberly Cartier is a PhD student in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Penn State.
She is fascinated by all aspects of extra-solar planets and studies them in all their various shapes and
sizes: from habitable rocky planets in binary star systems, to the atmospheres of hot Jupiters,
to tiny disintegrating rocky worlds that leave strange signals. Kimberly is passionate about science
communication at all interest and experience levels. You can follow her work at www.kimberlycartier.org,
on Twitter @AstroKimCartier, and on Universe Today’s Weekly Space Hangout.

Follow instructions below to register on-line, or download the invitation with dinner menu and RSVP.

Saturday, April 16, 2016
Risotto Ristorante
930 Maple Road, Amherst, NY 14221
Cash bar opens at 6:00 pm
Sumptuous buffet dinner served at 7:15 pm
followed by speaker and program

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