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

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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"