Pal Space
Scholar Meetings
Year One
Senior Pals
200
This term describes a pair of suns that orbit a shared center of mass. You could say that they're 01000010 01000110 01000110 01110011!
Binary
200
Shown here, this scholar is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.
Stephen Hawking
200
This Pink Floyd album was released in 1973, four years after Neil Armstrong reached the light side.
The Dark Side of the Moon
200
This senior pal influenced many a children's television show with his titular neighborhood.
Mister Rogers
400
It's the Milky Way's most well-known celestial pal, set to collide with us in 4.5 billion years.
Andromeda
400
Now a word used to describe some online spaces, this ancient Roman place of gathering was used to debate ideas and carry out governmental functions.
Forum
400
The WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic in this reduplicative year.
2020
400
He's a perm-wearing painter who never made mistakes—only happy little accidents.
Bob Ross
600
By the time I finish reading this sentence, this pair of space probes will have traveled a combined distance of 200 miles farther from Earth.
Voyager 1 & 2
600
Shown here, these scholars use models to definitively determine the 3-dimensional structure of DNA.
James Watson & Francis Crick
600
"Shantay, you stay"—the first season of this television show aired in 2009 and is still being produced today.
RuPaul's Drag Race
600
During business hours, one might expect this charming woman to be at her Tennesseean theme park "workin' 9 to 5".
Dolly Parton
800
Some lesser-known pals of the Milky Way such as the Large Magellanic Cloud and Antlia II are this type of small, Snow-White-loving galaxy.
Dwarf
800
In the 1787 oil painting shown here, the execution of this Greek scholar is depicted; his student sits at the foot of the bed.
Socrates
800
The Second World War began in this year, resulting in the most casualties of a conflict in history.
1939
800
Her cooking experience—gained from her mother and grandmother—has been displayed in several of her Emmy-winning shows.
Martha Stewart
1000
Some examples of the globular type of this contain millions of stars and are thought to be almost as old as the universe itself. That's a healthy friendship!
Star cluster
1000
Scholars shown here include Schrödinger, Pauli, Heisenberg, Bohr, Planck, Curie, and Einstein—all are attending this 1927 meeting.
Solvay Conference
1000
In 2008, this artist nailed some one-handed front walkovers while performing "Barracuda" on the Today Show.
Fergie
1000
He's most known for playing Beverly on "Will & Grace", and this senior pal left a legacy of comedy and theatre performance.
Leslie Jordan