SPRINGFIELD, Vt. – Bobby Farlice-Rubio, science educator and astronomer, will present the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) program “The Outer Limits: Exploring the Extremes of Astronomy” on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 2 p.m., at the Nolin Murray Center, next to St. Mary’s Church, on Pleasant Street in Springfield
Discover how astronomers identified gravity waves caused by massive stellar collisions. Examine NASA’s 2021 launch of the most powerful space telescope ever built. Observe how technology now reveals phenomena once thought purely theoretical. View the first image of a black hole, captured by radio astronomers just six years ago. Trace the journey from these colossal objects to the tiniest particles smashed in particle accelerators. Test the limits of your imagination as we explore recent discoveries, and strive for a new understanding of our increasingly strange universe.
Farlice-Rubio is a science and culture educator with more than two decades of experience working in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. He was the science educator at the St. Johnsbury’s Fairbanks Museum, and also a park ranger in Vermont’s state parks. He has been a science contributor to newspapers and television stations.
Sponsored by the University of Vermont, OLLI is run by local volunteer members, and is geared mainly towards seniors who are 50 years of age and older. Anyone who would be interested in this type of program, regardless of their age, is welcome.
You may view the entire semester’s programs by visiting www.learn.uvm.edu/olli/springfield. Preregistration can be done online at this website with a credit card. You may also register over the phone, using your credit card, by calling 802-656-8407 during regular office hours, Monday-Friday, from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. There is a membership series fee. Nonmembers are welcome and encouraged to attend individual programs for a single program fee. You may preregister for single programs through the above process.
If there are weather-related changes to the schedule, you can check the above website on the morning of the program.
The next program is on Dec. 2, with Mark Breen, who will discuss the information published in yearly almanacs.