Beyond the Pale Blue Dot: Seeing Distant Planets

Caltech

The von Kármán Lecture Series brings the excitement of the space program’s missions and technologies to JPL employees and the public.

Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium

<p>On the 30th anniversary of the "Pale Blue Dot" image taken by NASA’s Voyager mission, we’ll look at the impact of that image and other distant views of Earth. We'll then turn to the quest to photograph another Earth—an exoplanet orbiting another star—as its own pale blue dot.</p><p>Join us for a discussion about perspective: the value of what a single pixel can tell us and what it can make us feel.</p><h3>About the von Kármán Lecture Series</h3><p>Von Kármán Lectures are presented twice monthly: once at JPL and once in Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium, and are free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. </p><p>Online registration via Eventbrite is requested for the von Kármán Lectures held at Caltech. There is no online registration for von Kármán Lectures held at JPL.</p><p>For a full 2019-2020 schedule, visit: <a href="http://caltech.edu/vonkarman" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">caltech.edu/vonkarman</a></p><h3>About Caltech</h3><p>Caltech is a world-renowned science and engineering institute that marshals some of the world's brightest minds and most innovative tools to address fundamental scientific questions and pressing societal challenges.</p><p>Caltech manages the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for NASA, sending probes to explore the planets of our solar system and quantify changes on our home planet.</p><p>Caltech is an independent, privately supported institution with a 124-acre campus in Pasadena, CA. To learn more, visit Caltech.edu.</p><p></p>

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