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On Monday, July 24 at 11 a.m. ET / 3 PM UTC Milo Buitrago-Casas, a postdoctoral associate at the Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley will present "How is it to live with a star?"

There is no doubt our star is the most important stellar object for humankind. For astronomers, studying the Sun in-depth and understanding its dynamics is crucial for broadening and consolidating our understanding of other stars. For our technologically dependent civilization, the Sun represents a potential "hazard" given its potential effects on our satellite communications and electrical grids. In this talk, Dr. Buitrago-Casas will briefly review the newest ways we currently have to explore solar dynamics, recent findings, and challenges to come in the next few years.

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Cristabelle De Souza, a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University, will discuss "Targeting the Immune System to Treat Cancer" on Wednesday, July 12 at noon ET. Join us!

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Join us on Thursday, July 6 at 11 a.m. ET / 3 p.m. UTC as Dr. Sherwood Richers, assistant professor, University of Tennessee Knoxville, discusses "How to Explode a Star."

Some stars are just too big. The bigger and brighter a star is, the quicker it burns through its fuel, and if the star is big enough it ends its life collapsing under its own weight in a violent and catastrophic explosion. Trying to understand how the collapse of a star leads to its explosion will bring us through relativity, quantum mechanics, particle physics, and chaos. Despite decades of research, scientists still have a poor understanding of these stellar explosions, which means they will remain a goldmine of discoveries for the next generation of astrophysicists.

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On Wednesday, June 28 at 10 a.m. ET join Eric Swanson for a talk on "The Particle Explosion." At 11:30 a.m. ET, Phiala Shanahan will present "From Quarks to Nuclei: The Building Blocks of the Universe." Don't miss these talks!

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The start of REYES' 4th summer program is finally here! Join us on Monday, June 26 at 12 PM ET / 4 PM UTC for the "Unraveling the Dark Universe" keynote by Satya Gontcho A. Gontcho, Project Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. All REYES sessions are free and open to the public.

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Wishing Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, who was a REYES guest speaker and answered participants' questions live, a happy birthday!

Happy 65th birthday to astronaut Ellen Ochoa, who became the first Latina woman in the world to go to space during a mission aboard the space shuttle Discovery in 1993. An electrical engineer with a PhD from Stanford University, Ochoa is now the veteran of four space flights and has logged nearly 1,000 hours in space. During her inaugural flight, Ochoa, who is also a classical musician, played her flute in space as part of an educational event for children. In 2013, she made history once again by becoming the first Hispanic and second female director of NASA's Johnson Space Center. Ochoa has also joined the elite group of astronauts who have been inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame.

To introduce this trailblazer to children, we recommend the inspiring picture book, "The Astronaut With A Song For The Stars," for ages 5 to 9 at https://www.amightygirl.com/the-astronaut-with-a-song-for-the-stars

Ellen Ochoa is among the role models featured in the new picture book "She Persisted in Science" for ages 5 to 9 at https://www.amightygirl.com/she-persisted-in-science

She is also one of the extraordinary women featured the excellent book "Women In Space: 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures," for teens and adults, ages 12 and up, at https://www.amightygirl.com/women-in-space

To inspire your kids with true stories about more pioneering women of science, check out our blog post, "60 Books to Inspire Science-Loving Mighty Girls," at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=13914

And, if you'd like to encourage your children's interest in science, you can find many girl-empowering science toys and kits in our blog post, "Top 60 Science Toys for Mighty Girls" at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=10528