Lectures on Tap- "Are Aliens Ghosting Us? The Search for Life Beyond Earth"

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🧠 Lecture: "Are Aliens Ghosting Us? The Search for Life Beyond Earth"

🎤 Speaker: Dr. Mark Popinchalk

"Where are all the aliens?" is a pretty valid question. Even more unsettling: "Are they leaving us on read?"

Join astronomer Dr. Mark Popinchalk for a fast-paced, funny, and thought-provoking exploration of our search for life beyond Earth. This lecture will touch on the origins of life, how we discover distant planets, and the clever ways scientists could detect signs of life elsewhere in the galaxy—and how they might detect us.

Together, we’ll ask whether humanity is interesting enough to get noticed, and what it would actually mean if advanced civilizations are ignoring us. By the end of the evening, you’ll walk away with a deeper understanding of astrobiology, the search for exoplanets, and a possible answer to the question: "Are Aliens Ghosting Us?"

Dr. Mark Popinchalk is an astronomer at the American Museum of Natural History, an adjunct professor at NYU, and host of the late-night science comedy show Science, Tonight!

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Agenda

6:30 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key.

6:55 PM – Host introduction

7:00 PM – Lecture begins

7:45 PM – Audience Q&A

8:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round

8:30 PM – Wrap up.