Space Fest: Life in Space (water bear superimposed on colorful nebula)
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Space Fest 2021: Saturday

Saturday | February 06, 2021 | 10:00 am–Sunday | February 07, 2021 | 4:00 pm

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Join us for free activities throughout the day on Friday and Saturday, and a paid, ticketed event Thursday and Friday.

The Bell Museum’s annual Space Fest is moving online! Take an adventure from your own home as we explore astrobiology with the researchers and scientists who investigate life throughout the universe.

Join us as we examine Mars, learn more about missions searching for life, hear from NASA and UMN research teams, explore astronomy with historical characters, tour the universe with our planetarium educators, and demonstrate out-of-this-world arts & projects.

Space Fest is fun for all ages, with activities, videos, and talks for everyone in your family! Check out our main Space Fest page for full details.

Please note: Live programs will be broadcast from Facebook. When the program begins, it will automatically play from our Facebook Live page. You do NOT need to be logged in or have a Facebook account to view these programs.

 

peptides in spaceBiochemistry & The Origins of Life

1–1:30 pm

At the UMN College of Biological Sciences, biochemists in the Seelig Lab are hoping to understand more about the origins of life. Burckhard Seeling is a researcher and professor creating trillions of peptides in his lab, in search of how the first proteins on earth may have come into existence. Can his search provide insight into the formation of life outside our world? This talk is aimed at high school students and adults

Mittened hand holding ice cylinderAstrobiology in Icy Worlds

3–3:30 pm

Graduate students Taylor Price and Teresa Mccarrell are geomicrobiology graduate students with an interest in astrobiology. Along with other researchers at the UMN Fringe Lab, they study subglacial microbes. Join us as they explain how they collect samples from these environments, and learn more about the tiny organisms they find. What can we learn about astrobiology by studying these subglacial microbes, and can they be an analogue to life we might find on icy moons? This talk is aimed at elementary students and older

 

Minnesota’s Astronomy Classroom is generously supported by Ruth and John Huss.

Actress portraying Caroline HerschelSpecial Event: History Science Theatre

Join us Saturday at 10:15 or 11 am to spend some time with astronomer from the past Caroline Hershel! Caroline was the first woman to discover a celestial object, and the first woman to earn a salary as a scientist. 

Gather your family around the computer to experience an optical demonstration, learn about light pollution, and even ask Caroline Herschel your own questions.

Register for 10:15 am show (free)Register for 11 am show (free)

 

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Start:
Saturday | February 06, 2021 | 10:00 am
End:
Sunday | February 07, 2021 | 4:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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Bell Museum Facebook Live
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