Astro on Tap: Vermont

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🐄 Astronomy on Tap, Vermont chapter 🪐 Space science for the public 🚀 Successfully launched 2025 ⭐️ NEXT EVENT: 4/11/26 4-5pm at Four Quarters Brewing in Winooski!

Another successful event in the books! Dr. Eilat Glikman and Colin Bourque (pictured) taught us about supermassive black holes and neutron stars, while UVM Space Club MC’d our trivia portion of the night. Thank you all for a wonderful afternoon. See you next time!

Colin Bourque stands on a stage off to the right of the frame pointing to a large screen in the center of the image. The screen is showing an illustration of accretion onto a compact object. The photo is bathed in blue and purple lights from above.

Speaking this Saturday at Four Quarters Brewing in Winooski: Dr. Eilat Glikman from @middleburycollege! Dr. Glikman is an observational astrophysicist researching the growth of supermassive black holes & how that growth affects the evolution of galaxies. Come meet Dr. Glikman & ask your questions! 🌌

A poster with a headshot of Eilat Glikman, a speaker giving a talk this Saturday at Astronomy on Tap Vermont. The title of her talk is above her head: “When galaxies collide.”

Speaking this Saturday at Four Quarters Brewing in Winooski: Colin Bourque from @middleburycollege! Colin is a post-bacc researcher studying accretion dynamics around compact objects and protostars. Come meet Colin and ask him your questions! 🌠

A poster with a headshot of Colin Bourque, speaker for this Saturday’s Astronomy on Tap Vermont event. The title of his talk is above his head: “How to tell if you’re looking at a neutron star.”

We’re baaaack! Are you ready for some more SPACE SCIENCE 🪐✨🛰️? We’re excited to bring you 2 talks from @middleburycollege astronomers on April 11th starting at 4. Be sure to stick around and win some Astro swag! This event is FREE and ALL-AGES. More details to follow.

Poster for the next Astronomy on Tap: Vermont event. Event is April 11th from 4-5pm at Four Quarters Brewing in Winooski. It’s free and all-ages. There will be two talks from Middlebury College astronomers followed by trivia with prizes by UVM Space club.

We have liftoff! 🤩 Biggest thanks to Kendall Sippy from Middlebury College & Dr. Cooney from the University of Vermont for being our first speakers. @uvm.space had the whole room on the edge of their seats during trivia and Four Quarters Brewing gave us the best space-themed venue we could ask for.

First speaker of the night, Kendall Sippy from Middlebury College, talking about habitability of planets around supermassive black holes. The slide next to them says “Where do supermassive black holes come from?” with a diagram of the evolution of the universe. Kendall is to the right of the projector screen wearing a tan shirt and black pants, speaking into the mic. The wall behind them has a mural of a space ship surrounded by stars.