KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Dr. Stephen Pollaine, former Lawrence Livermore Laboratory physics cosmologist and popular Taylor Observatory lecturer and local pianist, presents "The Physics of Star Wars and Star Trek” at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 19.

Pollaine will offer an interesting answer to a question that's on all of our minds: "Is it possible to travel to the stars?"  

Pollaine notes that most explanations of the physics behind the light sabers of Star Wars involve lasers, but these don’t work. He presents a very different solution.  

Join them on Saturday night as Pollaine explains Star Trek’s warp drive and Star War’s hyperspace.

Admission for the talk, a planetarium show and night sky viewing through the Taylor telescope is $5 for adults, $3 for those 12 and under, and free to observatory members.  

The observatory is located at 5725 Oak Hills Lane in Kelseyville.

For further information visit www.taylorobservatory.org or call 707-262-4121.  

Friends of Taylor Observatory-Norton Planetarium organize the Taylor Lecture series.