Question: What would you get if Comic Con had a transporter malfunction with an astrophysics convention?
Answer: You’re about to find out! and it’s called First Light Con!
From colliding black holes to the weirdness of the quantum realm… from ginormous telescopes to nanoscale machines… science, engineering, discovery, and innovation are just so cool and awesome!
But the excitement surrounding new technologies and the
wonder of new discoveries isn’t just for the people wearing lab coats and pocket protectors! (Okay, I have a lab coat and a pocket protector, but they only come out for cosplay.)
All the major fandom, comic, and sci-fi cons have amazing science sessions packed with enthusiastic science geeks and technology enthusiasts. But step out into the main CON and suddenly the science, tech, wonder, and discovery are gone! Where are the science cosplay contests? Where’s the coolest news from NASA, the National Science Foundation? Where can you get autographs from the superheroes of science and innovation?
What about dance parties where “chemistry” is a REAL THING!?
That’s why a humble gang of fandom enthusiasts, science communicators, engineering innovators, celebrities, Hollywood science advisers, astrobiologists, and more decided it was time for their own weekend of fandom excitement!
We’re just getting started and want you to be part of the excitement!
Stay tuned for more…