Profs & Pints DC: Aboard the Webb Space Telescope
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Aboard the Webb Space Telescope,” a NASA astrophysicist’s guide to the design, mission, and early discoveries of a pioneering space instrument, with Matthew Greenhouse, project […]
2022 – 2023: What’s Out and What’s In
As we look toward the new year with high hopes and a modicum of trepidation, it is perhaps altogether fitting and proper to look back on this past year and […]
Profs & Pints DC: An Inside Look at the Webb Telescope
Profs and Pints DC presents: “An Inside Look at the Webb Telescope,” with Ori Fox, who has been involved in the telescope’s launch, commissioning, and ongoing research as an instrument […]
The Sky’s the Limit!: Pushing Our Boundaries
With the new year much on our minds and a whole new crop of freshly-resolved new year’s resolutions, the staff of The Georgetowner opted to explore the concepts of “stepping […]
2022: What’s Out, What’s In?
What’s Out? What’s In? Delta […]
What’s Out and What’s In?
One day, we’ll look back and … wish we hadn’t. But, for now, here’s our highly idiosyncratic look at “What’s Out and What’s In” at the end of this exceptionally strange year.
1969: A Year of Triumph and Turbulence
From the first of time, before the first of time, before the first men tasted time, we thought of you. You were a wonder to us, unattainable, a longing past the […]
An Astronaut’s Notes on Apollo
By Scott Altman Ten years ago last month, I had just returned from my final flight as the commander of STS 125, a space shuttle mission to repair and renovate […]
‘We Choose to Go to the Moon’ at the Portrait Gallery (photos)
The final performance of the dance piece, choreographed by Dana Tai Soon Burgess, will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 18, at 6:30 pm.
A Solar Eclipse Brings Us Together … Briefly
In the zones of partiality, which included Washington, D.C., the scene was not quite the showstopper.