Astronomy on Tap in the Triangle: Journey through the Universe

Come check out Astronomy on Tap Triangle (AoTT), our North Carolina chapter of serving up short, engaging talks about astronomy over beer! For this 10th season of AoTT, we’ll be in Fullsteam-ATC’s beautiful new location at the Boiler Room at the historic American Tobacco Campus (ATC) in downtown Durham. Events will be held on the first Tuesday of the month and are free and open to the public.

Our third event of the semester will be held on Tuesday, November 3rd, from 7:00-8:45 PM! Talks details are included below. Grab a drink (or two) at Fullsteam-ATC and head to their 100-seat theater for a night filled with astronomy, trivia, and fun. Free parking (after 5 PM) is available in the North and South Parking Decks surrounding the American Tobacco Campus. If an attendant asks for payment during a special event (e.g., baseball game), just let them know you’re there to visit Fullsteam Brewery, and they should wave you through.

“Tuning into the Cosmic Symphony with Pulsar Timing Arrays” Dr. Caitlin Witt (Wake Forest University) In the cosmic symphony of gravitational waves, supermassive black hole binaries provide the bass notes. However, when these colossal duos play all at once, their individual melodies overlap into an indistinct rumble. Astronomers have at last found evidence for this background hum of gravitational waves using an observatory that spans our galaxy, but more faint signals lurk out there in the universe waiting to be uncovered. Tune in to hear more about gravitational wave symphonies, monstrous black holes, colliding galaxies, dead stars, and more!