Re: Fw: Do Humans Have What It Takes to Thrive in This Universe?- Virtual Event 5/25 Dr. Sandy Faber

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

This is tonight.

I see that the Youtube video is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRSr91OmZcE

 > From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
 > Date: Sat, 21 May 2022 01:25:03 +0000 (UTC)
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 >    2022, 5:06:01 PM PDTSubject: Do Humans Have What It Takes to Thrive in This 
 >    Universe?- Virtual Event 5/25 Dr. Sandy Faber
 >   Modern astronomy is revealing the story of our cosmic origins...
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 > Free, illustrated, non-technical talk:
 > “Do Humans Have What It Takes to Thrive in This Universe?" Dr Sandy Faber 
 > from the University of Ca, Santa Cruz
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 > Join us on Wednesday, May 25th, 2022 at 7 pm (PST) 
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 > Modern astronomy is revealing the story of our cosmic origins -- where the 
 > Galaxy came from, how the Sun and Earth were formed, and how the elements in 
 > our bodies were forged in stars and later gathered to form “us”. We are now 
 > poised to use that knowledge to predict Earth’s cosmic future, and it looks 
 > bright ahead – one billion years (more or less) of a future livable planet. 
 > However, one question then glows in stark relief: does our human species – 
 > honed by natural selection – have the makings to thrive on a cosmic time 
 > scale? 
 > 
 > In this lecture, Prof. Faber will share her perspective as a cosmologist, and 
 > sketch her vision for what we humans need to do to seize this incredible 
 > opportunity.
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 > Winner of the National Medal of Science, Sandra Faber is Professor Emerita of 
 > Astronomy & Astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz. She helped to discover dark matter 
 > in the Universe and co-invented the modern scenario for galaxy formation based 
 > on it. She led the team that discovered how common black holes are at the 
 > centers of galaxies and the one that diagnosed the optical flaw on the Hubble 
 > Space Telescope. Her awards include the Gruber Prize in Cosmology and the Gold 
 > Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society. Recently, she founded the Earth 
 > Futures Institute at UCSC to inspire human beings to embrace the task of 
 > long-term planet planning.
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