Join us live via ZOOM on TUESDAY, October 22 @ 8PM (Eastern Time USA) "Doors" open at 7:30PM
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With every new discovery, our Universe grows vaster, stranger, and more exciting than most of us ever thought possible.
Join us at the next Secret Science Club Online with Carl Rodriguez as we rocket into space to learn about gravitational waves, neutron stars, black holes, and “cosmic alchemy”—how the very elements of our existence are forged in the stars.
Carl Rodriguez is an astrophysicist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he directs the stellar dynamics, stellar evolution, black holes, and gravitational waves group. He studies how stars live, move, and die and how star clusters create some of the most powerful explosions in the Universe. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the New Investigator Award from the Kaufman Foundation, a 2022 Sloan Fellowship, a 2022 Packard Fellowship, the 2023 Vera Rubin Early Career Prize, and the 2024 Helen B. Warner Prize from the American Astronomical Society. His research has appeared in the Atlantic, Quanta Magazine, Wired, and New Scientist.
Before & After
-- Mix up our cosmic cocktail & mocktail of the evening, the "Fall Fireball"… (recipe below!)
--Groove to out-of-this-world tunes
--Bring your questions for the live Q&A
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Cocktail Recipe for the “Fall Fireball” (created by the Secret Science Club Experimental Mixology Lab)
Ingredients: 2 oz Bourbon, 2 oz Fresh Apple Cider, ½ oz Cinnamon Simple Syrup*; 1 tsp Fresh-squeezed Lemon Juice; Ice Cubes; plus a twist of Orange Peel for garnish
- Combine bourbon, cider, cinnamon syrup, lemon juice, and ice in a cocktail shaker, and shake
- Strain the mixture into an old-fashioned glass with a few ice cubes
- Garnish with orange peel
*Cinnamon Simple Syrup Recipe:
- Mix 1 cup water with 1 cup brown sugar in a pot, and add 2 sticks cinnamon. Simmer for 5 minutes. Let cool.
**(For a mocktail version, skip the bourbon, double the cider, and add a splash of ginger beer or club soda to your glass.)
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
