Museum Lectures
Dimitar Sasselov
Professor Dimitar Sasselov
Credit: John Brockman
Hayden Planetarium Space Theater
Ticket Info
$15 adults ($13.50 Members, students, seniors)
Enter at 81st Street
Dimitar Sasselov, a professor of astronomy at Harvard University, created the term "Super-Earths" to describe planets orbiting distant stars that are slightly larger than Earth and could harbor life. Join Sasselov for a discussion of new types of planets, new life-forms, and the Copernican revolution.
Museum Lectures
The Museum brings together scientific and cultural experts from around the world for fascinating lectures and debates on topics that range from the fossil-hunting adventures of Barnum Brown to the consequences of climate change.
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