College of the Canyons (COC) hosted its annual Star Party for the community in Canyon Country on Friday night.  On Friday, COC hosted its annual Star Party featuring the “Science Talks Series Presents” at the Canyon Country Campus.  “We love coming out, we love sharing about astronomy and stem projects and we welcome you guys,” said Dave Flynn, member and ...

 College of the Canyons (COC) is scheduled to host its annual Star Party this spring.  Dr. J (Bob) Balaram, an inventor and retired chief engineer of the Mars Ingenuity Project as NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is set to discuss the development and operations of the Mars helicopter and the implications for future exploration of the Red Planet in his presentation ...

Dr. Varoujan Gorjian, an astronomer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), is scheduled to present “A Brief History of JPL” at the Canyon Country College of the Canyons Campus for the Fall 2023 Star Party.   At the free event which is scheduled to take place on Nov. 3rd from 6 to 9:30 p.m, guests can expect to see pictures from ...

Santa Clarita residents of all ages gravitated to the College of the Canyons (COC) Canyon Country Campus Star Party Friday night to see out-of-this-world advancements in science and technology. The Star Party guest speaker for the evening was Dr. Jennifer Burt, Ph.D., an extreme precision radial velocity (EPRV) Investigation Scientist working with NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program office at JPL. An ...

The College of the Canyons (COC) Spring 2023 Star Party is set to return on Friday at the College of the Canyons (COC) Canyon Country campus. Dr. Jennifer Burt, an extreme precision radial velocity (EPRV) Investigation Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory  (JP), is set to discuss how science and technology has enabled the discovery of hundreds of planets in ...

Recently, College of the Canyons (COC) hosted a “Star Party” event at its Canyon Country Campus, giving Santa Clarita residents opportunities to hear guest speakers from NASA and view stars through telescopes.  On Friday, COC hosted its 25th bi-annual “Star Party” at the Canyon Country Campus, allowing Santa Clarita Valley residents to hear JPL and NASA scientists’ presentation: Fast Interplanetary ...

The annual star party is scheduled to return to the College of the Canyons Canyon Country campus next week. On Friday, Oct. 28, Albion H. Bowers, retired chief scientist at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, is set to discuss how fast interplanetary flight is within the realm of possibility at the College of the Canyons Fall 2022 Star Party, according ...

The College of the Canyons Canyon Country campus is set to hold its Star Party over Zoom to comply with COVID-19 regulations. The party is set to be held on Friday, Oct. 23 from 6 to 8:30 p.m., and is scheduled to feature a presentation on space telescopes and observatories by Dr. Padi Boyd, chief of the Exoplanets and Stellar ...

Host: Aaron De La Torre Topic: COC Star Party Guest: Anthony Michaelides Right Click Here To Download! Click Here To Listen! Anthony Michaelides from College of the Canyons joins Aaron over the phone to preview next week’s (completely free!!) COC Virtual Star Party! From the COC Virtual Star Party website The evening will include: NASA’s Dr. Padi Boyd, presenting “Beyond ...

After being canceled on account of last month’s Tick Fire, the fall 2019 Star Party at the College of the Canyons Canyon Country campus has been rescheduled for Friday, November 15. This Star Party is doubly significant as it coincides with the college’s 50th anniversary and Apollo 11’s historic moon landing, according to officials. To that effect, COC professors Dr. ...