Welcome to CoffeeShop Astrophysics!

These are a series of informal public lectures aimed at anyone interested in getting a taste of modern science from the comfort of your local coffee shop. Members of the Leonard E Parker Center for Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics will guide you through the interesting, unusual, and sometimes bizarre concepts that guide the modern understanding of our universe. At the end of each lecture, we hope to have ignited or rekindled a passion for astrophysics!

Lectures will begin at 1 pm on the Saturdays specified in the schedule.

Please explore our website to find out more about CoffeeShop Astrophysics. Check our schedule for details about who we are, lecture topics, dates, and the location of this lecture series. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us! We look forward to meeting and discussing science with you.

Watch some of our talks from 2024, or check out this article featuring us in the Marquette Wire!