Past Events

10,000 Einsteins: AI and the Future of Theoretical Physics, public lecture by Matthew Schwartz at Aspen Center for Physics

Public Lecture

10,000 Einsteins: AI and the Future of Theoretical Physics

Wed, Aug 28, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Atom Land, Antimatter Island, Isle of Quarks, Isle of Leptons, Hadron Island

Public Lecture

The Edge of Atom Land: News from the Energy Frontier

Wed, Aug 21, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

VLA Panorama

Public Lecture

Exploring the Fourth Dimension: TIME

Wed, Aug 14, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

The Universe in Us public lecture at Aspen Center for Physics with Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

Public Lecture

The Universe in Us

Wed, Aug 7, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Octopuses, Brains and the Magic of Emergence with Leenoy Meshulam, painting by Sasini Wickramatunga

Public Lecture

Octopuses, Brains, and the Magic of Emergence

Wed, Jul 31, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Peering into the Secret Life of Electrons with Ali Yazdani at Aspen Center for Physics

Public Lecture

Peering into the Secret Life of Electrons

Wed, Jul 24, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

How Did We Get Here? The Origins of Stars and Planets with Joan Najita

Public Lecture

How Did We Get Here? The Origins of Stars and Planets

Wed, Jul 17, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Why Electrostatics Rules the Life of a Cell

Public Lecture

Why Electrostatics Rules the Life of a Cell

Wed, Jul 10, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

A beautiful scientific illustration showing the deformation of spacetime with an electron orbiting around a nucleus of an atom

Public Lecture

The Geometry of Matter

Wed, Jul 3, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Searching for the Heaviest and Lightest Particles with Nicholas Rodd Physics Public Lecture

Public Lecture

Searching for the Heaviest and Lightest Particles in the Universe

Wed, Jun 26, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Dragonfly Telescope Array

Public Lecture

Crazy Telescopes, Ghostly Galaxies, and the Invisible Universe

Wed, Apr 3, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

AI generated image for "An Invitation to Imagine Something from Nothing" by Philip Chang, University of Florida

Public Lecture

An Invitation to Imagine Something from Nothing

Wed, Mar 27, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

UNCOVER image from the James Webb Space Telescope

Public Lecture

Fresh Tracks into Galaxy Formation with Webb

Wed, Mar 6, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

How to Build a Better Qubit

Public Lecture

How to Build a Better Qubit

Wed, Feb 28, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Yacoby Lab - Dilution fridge for Spin qubit project

Public Lecture

Quantum Sensing in Quantum Matter

Wed, Feb 7, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

AI image of Newton, Einstein, and A Robot sitting at a table.

Public Lecture

Artificial Intelligence: Ideas from Nature

Wed, Jan 17, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Public Lecture

Physical Systems That Learn on Their Own

Wed, Jan 10, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Public Lecture

Creating New Universes Inside of Quantum Materials

Wed, Dec 13, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Public Lecture

Pushing the Edge of the Cosmic Frontier with JWST

Wed, Aug 30, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Artistic interpretation of a time crystal created by Adobe Generative AI.

Public Lecture

Quantum Matter Out Of Equilibrium: Time Crystals and Beyond

Wed, Aug 23, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

AI Rendering of "Cellular Cinema: Watching Immune Response Live"

Public Lecture

Cellular Cinema: Watching Immune Response Live

Wed, Aug 16, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Public Lecture

Black Holes in the Sky and Fundamental Physics

Wed, Aug 9, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Public Lecture

Learning Social Phenomena in the Quantum Realm Using AI

Wed, Aug 2, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Black Holes: Visualizing the Void

Public Lecture

Black Holes: Visualizing the Void

Wed, Jul 26, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Galactic Archaeology: Charting the Story of Our Cosmic Home with Keith Hawkins

Public Lecture

Galactic Archaeology: Charting the Story of Our Cosmic Home

Wed, Jul 19, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Quantum Alchemy: Suchitra Sebastian

Public Lecture

Quantum Alchemy

Wed, Jul 12, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Dark Matter

Public Lecture

14 Billion Years in the Life of a Dark Matter Particle

Wed, Jul 5, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Public Lecture

Mapping the Light, Revealing the Dark: New Explorations with Old Telescopes

Wed, Jun 28, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Public Lecture

Searching in the Sky: Black Holes and Hidden Particles

Wed, Jun 21, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Black Holes: Monsters in Space (Artist's Concept) CREDIT: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Public Lecture

Black Holes in the Spotlight

Wed, Mar 8, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Public Lecture

Will Machine Intelligence Surpass Human Intelligence?

Wed, Mar 1, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Public Lecture

A Physicist’s View of Wiggling Worms and Fighting Fish

Wed, Jan 11, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Cytoskeleton Four Ways, Artwork by Anna Maurer and DWP.

Public Lecture

Recreational Biology: Topological Puzzles at Cellular Scales

Wed, Jan 4, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Public Lecture

Black Holes and Quantum Teleportation

Wed, Aug 24, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Public Lecture

Unearthing New Theories Effectively

Wed, Aug 10, 5–6pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Image credit: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

Public Lecture

Entanglement and the Second Quantum Revolution

Wed, Aug 3, 5:30–6:30pm
Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics

Other Past Events

Please see below for events prior to 2023. Click the titles to view the recordings of the talks on YouTube. Please email emily@aspenphys.org if you have specific questions about past events. We unfortunately do not have links to recordings prior to 2017.

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