Curiosity Lab: Robotic Telescopes, Real Data: How a Global Observatory Network Powers Education, Citizen Science, and Space Domain Awareness
August 9, 2026
- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET
Virtual
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Slooh operates a network of robotic telescopes across Chile, the Canary Islands, and Australia — collecting over 13.9 million labeled astronomical images and putting real observing power in the hands of students, educators, and citizen scientists worldwide. The same infrastructure that lets a high schooler image a galaxy also tracks satellites and debris in an increasingly congested orbital environment. In this talk, Slooh President and alum, Dr. Emma Cain Louden ’15, digs into the technology and data behind the platform: how robotic telescopes are orchestrated across three continents and how Slooh’s imaging dataset and global telescope footprint create unique capabilities for space domain awareness. Whether your interests run toward observatory engineering, large-scale astronomical data, the future of science education, or the growing challenge of space situational awareness, there’s something here for you.
