BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:LA County Library X-WR-CALNAME:LA County Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f0e34fb9-f9c1-4852-aea2-6fd7cf91a82f SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260913T040318Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240813T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240813T203000 SUMMARY:Malibu Library Speaker Series: Derrick Pitts LOCATION:Malibu Library\n

Malibu City Hall\, 23825 Stuart Ranch Road\, M alibu 90265

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Malibu City Hall\, 2382 5 Stuart Ranch Road\, Malibu 90265

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The Malibu Library Speaker Series presents Derrick Pitts\, chief astronomer at Philadelphia's Franklin Institute\, T uesday\, August 13\, 2024 at 7 pm at Malibu City Hall. Since 1978\, Derric k has been teaching us to look up&mdash\;and to wonder about what we see u p there.

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Derrick is currently the Chief Astronomer and Director of the Fels Planetarium at The Franklin Institute. He&rsquo\;s also been a N ASA Solar System Ambassador since 2009 and serves as the &ldquo\;Astrobiol ogy Ambassador&rdquo\; for the NASA/MIRS/UNCF Special Program Corporation& rsquo\;s Astrobiology Partnership Program. One of his newest honors is an appointment to the outreach advisory board for the world&rsquo\;s largest telescope\, the new Thirty-Meter-Telescope at Mauna Kea in Hawaii.

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Derrick appears regularly in the media as a science content expert includ ing appearances on the Colbert Report and The Late\, Late Sho w with Craig Ferguson. For more than two decades\, Derrick has hosted award-winning astronomy radio programs for Philadelphia&rsquo\;s two publ ic radio stations and created signature astronomy television programming f or PBS. One of the highlights of Derrick&rsquo\;s career was meeting Presi dent Obama and his family when he was invited to participate in the first- ever White House Star Party.

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Derrick's motto is &ldquo\;Eat\, brea the\, do science. Sleep later.&rdquo\; In this talk\, he'll discuss the se arch for earth-like planets elsewhere in the galaxy. What are we really lo oking for? A new place to live or the answer to one of our most basic need s?

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This event takes place at Malibu City Hall\, 23825 Stuart Ranch Road\, Malibu. RSVP is required.

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