Learn about how the solar system formed and find out what the UPCOMING SOLAR ECLIPSE is all about and how YOU can view it.

As always, we’ll have some SPACEY TRIVIA to let you share your out of this world knowledge. Prizes include the ever popular Astronomy on Tap pint glasses!

Cody Dirks
It’s Finally Happening! The Total Solar Eclipse of Aug 21st, 2017 
After months and years of anticipation, the big event is finally here! On August 21st, the U.S. will experience its first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in 99 years. We’ll talk about how eclipses work, the best places to see this particular one, and how to get the most out of your personal eclipse-viewing experience!

Aaron Geller
The Fate of Our Sun and Planets 
Long, long after the solar eclipse on Aug. 21, our Sun will do something even more exciting: it will die. What will happen to us, to Earth, and to our other planets? I will talk about this distant future, the life of our Sun, and our search for other habitable worlds.