Events will be added to this calendar as they are scheduled throughout the year.
- January
- 4
- 25 Years of Chandra Science
- Vinay Kashyap
- IUCAA, Pune
- 7–11
- American Astronomical Society
- New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
- New Orleans, LA
- Chandra Exhibit
- Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian Booth, #315
- The booth will be staffed and open whenever the exhibit hall is open, beginning the evening of January 7th.
- Chandra Special Session
- Tues, Jan 9 10:00 - 11:30 AM
- Room 222
- As part of our 25th Anniversary Celebration, a special session has been organized for Tuesday morning.
- Chair: Kristin Madsen
- Speakers: David Pooley, Shuo Zhang, Joey Neilsen, Elizabeth Blanton
- Chandra at Twenty-five: NASA's Flagship X-ray Observatory
- Tues, Jan 9 4:00 - 4:30 PM
- Patrick Slane
- Exhibit Hall B-1/B-2
- Press Briefings, Workshops, Town Halls, Hyperwall Talks, Theater Events
- Information about ALL related events at the AAS meeting can be found in the Announcement emailed to Chandra users before the start of the meeting.
- February
- 8
- 25 Years of Chandra
- 12:10-1:00 PM (PST)
- Han Moritz Guenther
- Washington State University
- https://events.wsu.edu/event/physics-and-astronomy-colloquium-dr-hans-moritz-guenther/
- 15
- The Enigmatic Transitional Millisecond Pulsars
- Amruta Jaodand
- Cal State LA
- 29
- 25 Years of Science with Chandra
- 4:00 PM (MST)
- Akos Bogdan
- NMIMT Albuquerque
- https://www.nmt.edu/academics/physics/colloquia/colloquia.php
- March
- 1
- 25 Years of Science with Chandra
- 3:00 PM (MST)
- Akos Bogdan
- New Mexico State University
- https://astro.nmsu.edu/events/colloquium.html
- 5
- 25 Years of Science with the Chandra X-ray Observatory
- 3:45 PM (EST)
- Pepi Fabbiano
- Goddard Space Flight Center
- https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/660/seminars/ASDcolloq/#Fabbiano
- 6
- Black Holes, Exploding Stars, and Clusters of Galaxies: 25 Years with Chandra, NASA's Flagship-class X-ray Observatory
- 4:30 PM (EST)
- Scott Randall
- Van Vleck Observatory, Wesleyan University - Middletown, CT
- https://www.wesleyan.edu/astro/events/colloquia.html
- 6
- 25 Years of the Chandra X-ray Observatory
- 3:45 PM (CST)
- Steven Ehlert
- University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa
- https://physics.ua.edu/event/colloquium-steven-ehkert-25-years-of-the-chandra-x-ray-observatory/
- 12-16
- Chandra Table at Conference USA Basketball Championships
- Huntsville, AL
- https://www.huntsvillesports.org/events/conference-usa-basketball-championships-2024/
- 26
- 25 Years of Chandra Science
- 4:00 PM (MDT)
- Melania Nynka
- University of Utah
- https://science.utah.edu/events/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D172325664>
- 27
- 25 Years of Science with the Chandra X-ray Observatory
- 3:00 PM (EDT)
- Paul Plucinsky
- Thirkield Hall 103, Howard University - Washington, D.C.
- April
- 1
- 25 Years of Science with the Chandra X-ray Observatory
- 4:30 PM (CDT)
- Thomas Connor
- Kansas State University - Manhattan, KS
- https://www.phys.ksu.edu/about/events/colloquia/s24/connor.html
- 15
- NASA Student Launch Competition
- Huntsville, AL
- https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/nasa-student-launch/
- 18
- 25 Years of Science with the Chandra X-ray Observatory
- Scott Randall
- Ball State University - Muncie, IN
- 19
- 25 Years of Chandra X-ray Observatory Science
- 3:00 PM (EDT)
- Rodolfo Montez
- University of Louisville - Louisville, KY
- Dept. of Physics
- https://louisville.edu/physics/events/2023-24/25-years-of-chandra-x-ray-observatory-science
- 22
- 25 Years of Chandra X-ray Observatory Science
- Rodolfo Montez
- Rochester Institute of Technology - Rochester, NY
- 25
- 25 Years of the Chandra X-ray Observatory
- Melania Nynka
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln
- https://www.unl.edu/physics/2023-2024-colloquia-schedule
- 27
- Science on State Street
- 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EDT)
- Framingham State University - Framingham, MA
- https://cm-center.org/soss2024
- 30
- Chandra's History and Discoveries
- 8:00 PM (CDT)
- Amruta Jaodand
- Texas Tech University - Lubbock, TX
- https://indico.ads.ttu.edu/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=2346
- 30
- 25 Years of Chandra X-ray Observatory Science
- 3:30 PM (PDT)
- Rodolfo Montez
- University of California - Santa Barbara
- Physics Colloquium Details
- May
- 22
- The Sky & Other Ghosts: Chandra, Great Observatories, and Why We Build Telescopes
- 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM (EDT)
- Grant Tremblay
- Ohio State University - Columbus, OH
- Biard Lecture - Ohio Union, Archie M. Griffin East Ballroom
- https://ccapp.osu.edu/events/join-us-14th-annual-biard-lecture
- June
- 5
- Red Sox STEM Day
- 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
- Fenway Park - Boston, MA
- https://www.mlb.com/redsox/tickets/group-tickets/education-programs
- 22
- SI Summer Solstice
- National Mall - Washington, DC
- https://www.si.edu/solsticesaturday
- 22
- NASA in the Park
- 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM (CDT)
- Huntsville, AL
- Big Spring Park
- July
- 10
- Highlights from 25 Years of Chandra
- 2:00 PM - 3:30PM (CEST)
- Hans Moritz Guenther
- Hamburg Observatory, University of Hamburg - Hamburg, Germany
- https://www.physik.uni-hamburg.de/en/hs/frontpage---events.html?event=104639
- 18
- Chandra Planetarium Anniversary Event
- McAuliff Center Planetarium - Framingham, MA
- 26
- Marshall AstroMural Downtown Event
- Huntsville, AL
- August
- 23
- Celebration of Chandra's 25th Year
- US Space and Rocket Center - Huntsville, AL
- September
- 18
- 25 Years of Chandra Science
- Hans Moritz Guenther
- University of Hawaii
- 19
- 25 Years of Chandra Science
- Melania Nynka
- Lehigh University - Bethlehem, PA
- October
- November
- 22
- 25 Years of Chandra X-ray Observatory Science
- University of Texas at San Antonio
- https://sciences.utsa.edu/physics-astronomy/seminars.html
- December
- 3–6
- 25 Years of Science with Chandra Symposium
- Boston, MA
- https://cxc.cfa.harvard.edu/cdo/symposium_2024/