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Astro on Tap: Vermont
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🐄 Astronomy on Tap, Vermont chapter
🪐 Space science meets local brews around VT
🚀 Successfully launched 4/5, now planning next event!
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The UVM Space Club had the (large!) room all-in competing for prizes by answering space-themed questions. It was the perfect way to end the night. #astronomy #trivia #vermont #aotvt
A photo of the trivia portion of the event. In the foreground is the audience at wooden tables, many raising yellow flags to compete to give answers as the three trivia hosts in the background look on. Further in the background is a projector screen with the Astronomy on Tap Vermont logo.
April 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Dr. James Cooney was our second speaker of the night, with his talk “How old is the Universe (and how do we know)?” …he will also gladly take all your old postage stamps. ✉️ #astronomy #vermont #aotvt
Dr. James Cooney on the right hand side of the photo, wearing a blue shirt and tan pants, pointing to the projector screen. On the left side of the photo is the screen showing a plot of the Hubble Diagram.
April 6, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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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.
April 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Calling all #Vermont space fans: see you at #FourQuartersBrewing tonight!

Background image credit: Toni Fabiani Mendez.
Photo background of the California Nebula by Toni Fabiani Mendez. Text overlay says: AoT: Launch Event, Today 6-7pm, at Four Quarters Brewing, Free, All-Ages. At the bottom if the image is a GIF of a dancing cartoon planet.
April 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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One week out!! Come to Four Quarters Brewing in #Winooski on April 5th from 6-7pm to hear two great talks from #Astronomy experts, ask them your questions, and win swag during #space #trivia MC’d by UVM Space Club! A FREE and ALL-AGES event. We’ll see you there! 🚀🪐🔭
Long form poster for AoT VT Launch Event on April 5th from 6-7pm at Four Quarters Brewing in Winooski, Vermont. The two speakers are Dr. James Cooney and Kendall Sippy. Dr. Cooney’s talk is titled “How old is the universe (and how do we know)?” Mx. Sippy’s talk is titled “Could growing supermassive black holes make galaxies uninhabitable?”
March 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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We’re very excited to announce our very first AoT: VT event @4quartersbrew in #winooski on April 5th! We’ve got two fantastic speakers for you, plus trivia MC’d by UVM Space Club 🪐 All ages welcome and admission is FREE. See you there!
Launch event details poster. Text reads: “Astronomy on Tap: Vermont, Launch Event, April 5th, 6–7 pm @ Four Quarters Brewing in Winooski, Professional Talks, Trivia, & Prizes, Free Admission! All Ages Welcome!” Poster includes photos of the two speakers with short bios that read: “Kendall Sippy (they/them) is a post-baccalaureate researcher at Middlebury College. They are currently studying X-ray radiation from neutron stars” and “Dr. James Cooney is an astrophysicist and faculty member at UVM who studies cosmology and the large-scale structure of the universe.”
March 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Woohoo! Great things to come!
February 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM