All Space Considered – October 2025
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.
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This Month's Headlines
Space News
ZWP Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025
A discussion with Dr. Jim Bell (via Zoom) about the possible signs of ancient life on Mars
Out to Launch
Stories from the Division for Planetary Sciences
Special Guest
DR. JIM BELL is a planetary scientist, educator, author, public speaker, and past President of The Planetary Society. He is a Regents Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Astronomy at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and a Distinguished Visiting Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
Jim has been heavily involved in many NASA robotic space exploration missions, including the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR), Mars Pathfinder, Comet Nucleus Tour, Mars Rovers Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity, and Perseverance, Mars Odyssey Orbiter, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
He is a Fellow of the AGU and AAS and received the AAS Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communication. He is an avid writer for space-related magazines and blogs and has appeared in numerous media interviews (Jim Bell’s YouTube channel).
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