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CATALYST series 2020-21

COSS CATALYST is an exciting alternative format to foster interdisciplinary conversations around Outer Space.

Each term we invite three guest contributors to present work on a theme related to outer space. Themes might include for example ‘the body’, ‘environment’, ‘future’, isolation, etc.  The guests range from scholars to professionals to enthusiasts. Each will be invited to contribute work that takes around 10 minutes to engage with. This could be a video talk, a photo essay, a blog or any other format. These will be hosted and archived on the COSS website. The three contributors will be invited to answer questions from each other and from the public on the last Wednesday of each month, for one hour from 7pm.  

NASA/SDO/Goddard Space Flight Center - Sun Primer
COSS CATALYST: Official launch of the Centre for Outer Space Studies

A COSS CATALYST event , themed on 'Earth', with Simon Faithfull (UCL Slade School of Fine Art), Divya M. Persaud (UCL's Mullard Space Centre) and Nicola Baldwin (UCL Creative Fellow 2019-20), introduced by COSS Director, Dr David Jeevendrampillai.

5 October 2020, 7pm–8:30pm


Van Gogh's Starry Night, ucl outer space studies
COSS Catalyst: 'Looking Up'

Hosted by COSS Centre Co-Director Paddy Edgley  

28 October 2020, 7pm–8:30pm


Commander Truly and Mission Specialist (MS) Bluford sleep on middeck, img credit nasa.gov
ONLINE COSS CATALYST: Space Medicine

During this COSS Catalyst, presenters will explore the broader concepts of holistic health in space, and how understanding this phenomena can benefit life on Earth.

2 June 2021, 7pm–8:30pm