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Teen Science Cafe: Exoplanet Watch
November 21 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Exoplanet Watch with Yashasree Gadipalli
Please join us at Morehead Planetarium and Science Center for November’s Teen Science Cafe! This month, we welcome Yashasree Gadipalli, who will be sharing her work as a citizen scientist with NASA’s Exoplanet Watch project, which uses telescope data to scan for planets outside our solar system.
Open to teens ages 13-18, our monthly cafes include exciting activities, engaging talks from expert speakers, and even free food! Plus, we cover a variety of different topics, ranging from cell biology to deep space galaxies, making it a one-of-a-kind spot for high school students to explore new ideas, interact with each other, and have fun!
Doors will open at 6:00 pm for pizza and conversation. The cafe will start at 6:30 pm and wrap up around 7:30 pm.
About Yashasree
Yashasree Gadipalli is a first-year student at UNC-Chapel Hill studying Astronomy and Data Science. As a participant in Exoplanet Watch, she uses NASA’s EXOTIC software to research the exoplanet TrES-3b and is developing a citizen science program to help students explore and contribute to ongoing astronomy research. As an intern for Cisco, she explored the intersection of AI and data science, which she now applies to her astronomy work. As an affiliate of the World Children’s Parliament, Yashasree is dedicated to making science more accessible to young minds.
Program Schedule
6:00 pm: Arrive and check in. We will gather inside the west, main entrance of Morehead.
6:00 – 6:30 pm: Pizza social. The pizza social will take place in our classrooms, located on the 2nd floor.
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm: Discussion & activities. Trivia will take place in the Science Stage.
Please Note: Depending on scheduled activities, the program may end between 7:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m.