The 2025 Benjamin Franklin Birthday Celebration:
Exploring New Worlds

 
 
 

January 17, 2025, in Philadelphia.

 

Honoring Dr. John C. Mather


 
 
 

VIDEO:

  • Patrick Spero - Welcome - 0.09

  • Derrick Pitts - Moderator - Talk - 3.21

  • Emily Margolis - 13:00

  • Mariangela Bernardi - 35.46

  • Tess Light - 1:02

  • Q&A - 1:28

 
 

Photos:

Click images to advance slide show

Photos by JackRamsdale.com

Moderator:

Dr. Derrick Pitts Chief Astronomer, The Franklin Institute Science Museum

SPEAKERS:

  • Dr. Emily A. Margolis Curator of Contemporary Spaceflight, Smithsonian National Air & Space, "Crossing the Karman Line: Private Spaceflight in the 21st Century”

  • Dr. Mariangela Bernardi Professor, University of Pennsylvania, "Exploring New Worlds: From the First Galaxies to the Milky Way"

  • Dr. Tess Lavezzi Light - Electromagnetic Sciences and Cognitive Space Group, Intelligence and Space Research, Los Alamos National Laboratory, "Lightning: Mystery in the Mundane"