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  • Mission to Jupiter’s Ocean Moon

    FALL SERIES: Women in Scientific Exploration Europa Clipper: Mission to Jupiter’s Ocean Moon Tricia L. Ray, NASA/JPL, ret. November 14, 2026 5:30 – 7:30 pm Sky’s The Limit Observatory & Nature Center 9697 Utah Trail, Twentynine Palms, CA Reservations required; $25 per car The Europa Clipper spacecraft, launched by NASA in October 2024, is currently on its way to Jupiter’s…

  • Binaries Across The Universe

    A lecture series curated by Dr. Gary Blackwood, NASA/JPL, ret: COSMIC CONNECTIONS with NASA Scientists beneath the Desert Sky Binaries Across The Universe Dr. Catherine A. Clark, NASA/Caltec/IPAC October 3, 2026 7:30 – 9:30 pm Sky’s The Limit Observatory & Nature Center 9697 Utah Trail, Twentynine Palms, CA Reservations required; $25 per car REGISTER HERE Binaries are everywhere. From the…

  • Women in Scientific Exploration

    FALL SERIES: Women in Scientific Exploration Venus as a Potentially Habitable Planet Professor Sara Seager September 12, 2026 7:30 – 9:30 pm Sky’s The Limit Observatory & Nature Center 9697 Utah Trail, Twentynine Palms, CA Reservations required; $25 per car REGISTER HERE Scientists have been speculating on Venus as a habitable world for over half a century, not the scorching…

  • Stars of the Zodiac

    Third in a lecture series curated by Dr. Gary Blackwood, NASA/JPL, ret: COSMIC CONNECTIONS with NASA Scientists beneath the Desert Sky Stars of the Zodiac: Science and Sky Lore Dr. Gary Blackwood, NASA/JPL ret. June 6, 2026 8:30 – 10:30 pm Sky’s The Limit Observatory & Nature Center 9697 Utah Trail, Twentynine Palms, CA Reservations required; $25 per car REGISTER…

  • Poetry & Prose under the Blue Moon

    By Desert General May 30, 2026 7:30 – 9:30 pm Sky’s The Limit Observatory & Nature Center 9697 Utah Trail, Twentynine Palms, CA Reservations required; $25 per car REGISTER HERE A Full Moon Literary Gathering in the Mojave Desert Join us for a special evening of literature, poetry, art, and cosmic reflection beneath the rising full moon in the Mojave…

  • Extreme Exoplanets

    Second in a lecture series curated by Dr. Gary Blackwood, NASA/JPL, ret: COSMIC CONNECTIONS with NASA Scientists beneath the Desert Sky Extreme Exoplanets: A Tour of ‘Strange New Worlds’ Orbiting Other Stars Dr. Eric Mamajek, NASA/JPL May 9, 2026 8:00 – 10:00 pm Sky’s The Limit Observatory & Nature Center 9697 Utah Trail, Twentynine Palms, CA Reservations required; $25 per…

  • Cosmic Connections: Are We Alone?

    Cosmic Connections with NASA Scientists beneath the Desert Sky is a lecture series curated by Dr. Gary Blackwood, NASA/JPL ret. FIRST IN THE SERIES: Are We Alone? Expanding the Scientific Search for Intelligent Life Dr. Nick Siegler, NASA/JPL February 7, 2026 5:30 – 7:30 pm Sky’s The Limit Observatory & Nature Center 9697 Utah Trail, Twentynine Palms, CA Reservations required;…

  • Above & Beyond: NASA Nights

    ABOVE & BEYOND: NASA NIGHTS A lecture series hosted by Sky’s The Limit ​in collaboration with Lou Harrison House. Saturday, November 29 5:30 – 7:30 Dr. Jason Rhodes, JPL Chief Scientist for Astronomy and Physics “Darkness Surrounds Us: The Mysteries of Dark Matter and Dark Energy” Dr. Jason Rhodes grew up in West Des Moines, Iowa. He earned a B.S. in…