"Countdown" by Ben Mikaelsen is the book selection for this 7week session.
Thursday, February 11th
10:30
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11:00
Preschool Storytime
3:30 PM
-4:30 PM
After School Astronomy Club in the Community Room
Future topics include asteroids and comets, the life cycle of stars, and even black holes and dark energy. It's a great group of kids who are anxious to learn more about science!
7:00PM
Speaker Series "Life in the Universe"
Grinnell College Professor Bob Cadmus discusses the age-old question... "are we alone?"
Sunday, February 14th
2:00 p.m.
"The Illustrated Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking
will be the subject of a book discussion led by retired Grinnell College Professor Beryl Clotfelter
This NASA funded exhibit is presented by the Space Telescope Science Institute, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and the American Library Association.
It is traveling to 40 libraries throughout the continental United States as a celebration of the International Year of Astronomy 2009.
Universe
Crab Nebula
Orion Nebula
Image credit: Hubble Space Telescope, NASA
We are grateful to the following organizations for their support of this exhibit:
Grinnell
Tourism
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