Join us for Astronomy on Tap Hawaiʻi at Hale Kanikapila on Wednesday, November 11, from 7:00 to 9:00p! Astronomy on Tap is a free event for casual astronomy talks where no astronomy background is needed and all perspectives on the night sky are welcome. Come hang out, learn something new, and test your knowledge in the quiz for a chance to win prizes!

UH Assistant Professor Winston Wu will introduce the basics of neural networks and discuss ongoing research training deep learning models for astronomy tasks. Gemini Observatory’s astronomer Jennifer Andrews will talk about the explosions of massive stars, some of the brightest events in our Universe! She’ll discuss why they blow up, historically important naked-eye events, and how the James Webb Space Telescope is changing our understanding of cosmic explosions.