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Griffith Observatory broadcasts this public program live from the Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theater on the third Thursday of every month.
All Space Considered Special Guest Dr. Jim Bell
October 16, 2025 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. PDT
6:30 p.m. Member Priority Seating
Live In-person at Griffith Observatory
Griffith Observatory Foundation | 2800 East Observatory Road | Los Angeles, CA 90027 US
Streaming Live on YouTube
Free to Attend No Reservations Required
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 is heavily involved in NASA solar system exploration missions like those of the Mars rovers.
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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).
Every month, Griffith Observatory presents All Space Considered, a free inside look at the most talked-about subjects in astronomy, space science, and space exploration.
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