All Space Considered – August 2026
Griffith Observatory broadcasts this public program live from the Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theater on the third Thursday of every month. Join the Observatory's curatorial staff as they examine and explain the most-talked-about subjects in astronomy and space science. It is free to attend in-person or stream on YouTube.
Upcoming All Space Considered
Griffith Observatory broadcasts this public program live from the Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theater on the third Thursday of every month. It is free to attend in-person or stream on YouTube. Foundation members receive priority seating to All Space Considered, among other benefits. By joining the Foundation, you take part in supporting Observatory programs like this one.
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This Month's Headlines
- Space News
- Exomoon Defies Cosmic Labels
- Betelgeuse Companion
- Closest View of the Sun
- August 12, 2026 Solar Eclipse
- Curiosity‘s Discovery of Martian Honeycombs
- Top Five Weirdest Rocks Discovered on Mars
- Amazing Astrophotography
- Out to Launch
- “Imaging Stars with the CHARA Array” with guest speaker Gail Schaefer
Guest Speaker
GAIL SCHAEFER is the Director of the CHARA Array of Georgia State University. The Array is located at Mount Wilson Observatory in southern California. Gail earned her bachelor’s degree from Binghamton University and PhD from Stony Brook University in New York. She held a postdoctoral position at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD before moving to the CHARA Array in 2007. Her research interests include mapping the orbits of binary stars and understanding how young stars form and evolve over time. She leads a talented team of scientists who operate the CHARA Array and oversees programs funded through the National Science Foundation to build new instrumentation and offer open access time to the astronomical community.
Guest Topic
The CHARA Array combines the light of six 1-meter telescopes at optical and near-infrared wavelengths to achieve the angular resolution equivalent to a 300-meter telescope. The Array is located at Mount Wilson Observatory and operated by Georgia State University. The CHARA Array can measure the sizes of stars, image stellar surfaces, resolve the inner regions of planet-forming disks, and detect close binary companions. Dr. Schaefer will give an overview of the CHARA Array and highlight recent science results.