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First Friday Astronomy – Summer 2026

Posted by admin on April 8, 2026
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Boise State’s First Friday Astronomy Event Schedule for Summer 2026. Our guests will be

  • May 1 – Dr. Ellie Hara, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – From Stardust to Cells: The Unsolved Mystery of Life’s Origin
  • Jun 5 – Dr. Racine Cleveland, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Boise State University – Of Dunes and Ice: A Surface-Atmosphere Investigation on Planetary Bodies – racinecleveland.com
  • Jul 3 – Kirk Long, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Colorado Boulder – How to Weigh a Supermassive Black Hole: Insights From Quasars Across Cosmic Time
  • Aug 7 – Dr. Kathryn Gardner-Vandy, Associate Professor of Aviation & Space, Oklahoma State University – Meteorites: The Storytellers of our Solar System – experts.okstate.edu/kat.gardner-vandy