The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point will mark the Wisconsin Science Festival with two campus events in October.
Astronomy expert Justin Vandenbroucke, an associate professor at UW-Madison, will present a lecture at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, in Room 105 of the new Chemistry Biology Building. His talk, "The Distributed Electronic Cosmic-Ray Observatory: Using Your Cell Phone as a Cosmic Particle Detector," is free and open to the public. A question and answer session will follow the presentation.
Vandenbroucke uses innovative instruments around the world to detect high energy particles from the cosmos. He will discuss how understanding the smallest particles in the universe is necessary to understand the largest objects, and vice versa. Previously he was a NASA Einstein Fellow at Stanford University.
A free planetarium show, "Endless Horizon," will also be offered as part of the Science Festival at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, at the Allen F. Blocher Planetarium in the UW-Stevens Point Science Building. The show, hosted by "Star Trek: The Next Generation" star Patrick Stewart, explores the history and devices that influenced and unlocked the secrets of the solar system.
The Wisconsin Science Festival, held Oct. 11-14, offers activities in more than 60 communities across the state. In its eighth year, the festival engages communities in the enterprise of science and discovery and aims to communicate the power of knowledge and creativity, promote innovation and cultivate the next generation of global citizens. To learn more about statewide activities, go to https://wisconsinsciencefest.org/
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