Join Michelle Thaller, former NASA science communicator, for an evening exploring the origins of life. Thaller, in conve
Join us to find out why we went to so much trouble to bring back an ancient sample of our solar system and what was waiting inside that absolutely blew our minds.
Event Details
Date
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Time
7-8 p.m.
Location
1st Floor, Discovery Building
Description
Join Michelle Thaller, former NASA science communicator, for an evening exploring the origins of life. Thaller, in conversation with Eric Wilcots, Dean of the College of Letters & Sciences and Professor in the Dept of Astronomy, will talk about the OSIRIS-REx mission – an audacious project to return a sample from an asteroid.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-316-4390 (voice only) or email info@wiscifest.org to make a disability-related accommodation request. Reasonable effort will be made to support your request.