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Spring 2005 - the series has concluded.  Watch for the Fall series.

The Goddard Library has made streaming video available for some colloquia by clicking on the V in the column to the right of the topic.  Due to speakers' authorizations, some videos are not playable outside Goddard.  Please note: connection speeds lower than 56 K may be able to handle only the audio portion of the transmission. Some videos are also available for Fall 2004, Spring 2004Fall 2003,  Spring 2003,  Fall 2002, Spring 2002, Fall 2001, Spring 2001, and Fall 2000.
Date Speaker Affiliation Topic Video
Feb. 25 Michael Mumma
GSFC
Detection and Mapping of Methane on Mars V
 
Mar. 4
Joshua and Ann-Lee Gilder
 
Kepler on Trial: The Dark Side of a Brilliant Mind
V
Mar. 11
Sean Brennan U.S. Geological Survey Seawater Chemistry and the Advent of Biocalcification, or the Chemical Origins of Seashells V
Mar. 18
Susan Kieffer
Univ. of Illinois Champaign-Urbana
Geologic Nozzles:  Mount St. Helens, Old Faithful Geyser, and the Rapids of the Colorado River  
Mar. 25
No Colloquium  
 
Apr. 1
Volker Bromm
University of Texas
The First Sources of Light

Apr. 7
THURS.
Carolyn Porco
Space Science Institute
SPECIAL COLLOQUIUM
Highlights from Cassini's Imaging Adventures at Saturn
V
Apr. 8
Sean Carroll
University of Chicago
Why is the Universe Accelerating?
V
Apr. 15
Jagadish Shukla
George Mason University
From Weather Prediction to Climate Prediction:  Past Accomplishments and Future Challenges V
Apr. 22
Greg Neumann
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New Perspectives on Old Impacts: The Crustal Structure of Moon and Mars
V
Apr. 29
John Beacom
Ohio State University
Towards First Glimpses of the Universe in Neutrinos
V
May 6
Drake Deming
GSFC
First Light from Extrasolar Planets
May 13
Nathalie Cabrol
NASA Ames Research Center
Beyond the Mars Exploration Rover Mission: From Habitability to Life
May 20
Neil Gehrels
GSFC
The Explosive Gamma Ray Bursts: First Results from Swift
V
May 27
Frank Shu
National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
THE JOHN C. LINDSAY MEMORIAL LECTURE
The Formation of Stars and Planetary Systems
June 3
Christopher Justice University of Maryland Global Monitoring of Fires from Space V

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Jean Cottam
Robert Knox Michael Smith
Jim Foster Vincent Salomonson George Sonneborn
Demos Kazanas Jeanne Sauber Yogesh Sud
Randy Kimble Ed Sittler
Dave Thompson, Chair.

Previous Schedules: Fall 1998, Spring 1999, Fall 1999, Spring 2000, Fall 2000, Spring 2001, Fall 2001, Spring 2002, Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Fall 2003,
Spring 2004, Fall 2004

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