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Member Tickets: $12; Non-Member Tickets: $15
New! Planetarium Pass Reservations: $3 (more info)
Ages 21+, ID required for entry.
Music by DJ Andy Cabic (of Vetiver)
DJs presented by San Francisco Magazine
Explore the mysteries beyond our solar system with a night dedicated to the search for extraterrestrials.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Distant Signals
African Hall
At 7 pm, Grab a seat for a mini-TED talk from Andrew Helton, Instrument Scientist at SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy).
At 8 pm, Catch a live talk from Dr. Eduardo Bendek, a Senior Research Scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center speaking on the prospect of exploration of the Alpha Centauri system.
At 9 pm, Stay for a live panel discussion with experts from METI (Messaging Extra Terrestrial Intelligence with Ariel Waldman, Dave Messerschmitt, Laura Welcher, Doug Vakoch, and Mike Matessa. Moderated by Dalia Rawson.
Across the Universe
Science Today
Unexplored Worlds
Coral Reef
6p - 10p
Travel back through time and space with VR experiences presented by Underground Engine, a collective of artists, scientists, and technologists.
Close Encounters
Project Lab
6p - 10p
Meet members of the Kepler, K2, and TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) missions and learn how coronagraph telescopes help them capture images of exoplanets.
Make contact with researchers from the UC Berkeley SETI Research Center and METI who are actively leading the search for extraterrestrial intelligence with interstellar communications and messaging.
Chat with experts from SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy), the largest airborne observatory in the world, capable of making observations that are impossible for even the largest and highest ground-based telescopes.
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NIGHTLIFE TIPS
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PLANETARIUM PASSES
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FOOD & DRINK
All bars accept cash and credit cards.
Take a tour of the Universe with a sprinkling of the hottest news stories from astronomy and the space sciences!
Finding proof of life beyond Earth could be one of the most profound discoveries in human history
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Set sail for a journey to the Galápagos Islands and learn about the place that inspired Darwin, NightLife-style.
It’s a matter of NightLife and death when we team up with the Reimagine Festival to examine the big questions.
An electric night awaits as NightLife digs into A.I and the ways in which it’s transforming our world.
We’re going back in time with our Dino Days festival—and the most popular dinosaur movie of all time.
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