Cosmic Time Machines

When Galileo turned his spyglass to Jupiter in the dark skies over Padua in the winter of 1610, he wrote in his notes, "I was guided by I know not what fate" as the Roman God of the sky revealed four moons. In the coming evenings, he gazed at craters on the moon, rings of Saturn and the Milky Way sprinkled with glittering stars never before revealed to man. Before the Spring of 1610, Galileo and his 30X handmade telescope changed science and religion forever. Today we gaze upon the magnificent images sent back by the James Webb Space Telescope and other space explorers. What they show us are marvels beyond our imagination. They reveal the fabric of space and time, where we came from, where we're going and new mysteries to ponder.

In this seminar, together we'll explore these wonders revealed by cosmic time machines.

David A. Aguilar is an internationally recognized naturalist/astronomer, author, onscreen science contributor and space artist with the unique ability to open minds to the vast frontiers of space and their potential effects on our own world. He is the former director of science information at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and past director of marketing communications for Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colorado. David has written and illustrated 12 award-winning children's books for National Geographic, was a member of the NASA Pluto Encounter Mission, has consulted and appeared in the History Channel's Universe series and has been honored with his own asteroid for achievements in furthering science education. He is also the science consultant for the TV series “UFO Hunters.” www.aspenskies.com