David A. Aguilar

Award-Winning Author, Space Artist, Expert Speaker

David A. Aguilar is a naturalist, astronomer, author and space artist. His expertise lies in presenting the fascinating connections between the universe and ourselves.

He is the award-winning author and illustrator of seven National Geographic books including "ALIEN WORLDS";  "13 PLANETS";  and "SPACE ENCYCLOPEDIA". His next book, "COSMIC CATASTROPHES" will be published by Random House in June 2016. 

 

2024-2025 Lecture topics, “CIRCLE OF SCHOLARS” SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY, NEWPORT RI

  • SILENT UNIVERSE PARTS 1-3

  • THE ENIGMA OF UFOs

  • COSMIC CATASTROPHIES

  • 8 WONDERS OF THE UNIVERSE

  • A TALE OF TWO POLES

  • THE ART OF SPACE (followed by a screening of the award-winning documentary on the father of space art, “Chesley Bonestell: A Brush With The Future”

  • ALIEN FACES

  • THE AMAZING JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE

  • COSMIC TIME MACHINES

  • WHAT HAPPENED TO PLUTO?

  • JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS

  • EVERYTHING I LEARNED ABOUT SCIENCE, I LEARNED AT THE MOVIES

  • MY LIFE AS A DOG

    STUDY TOURs via land and sea

2010 - present: Smithsonian Speaker and Harvard Expert Study Leader developing astronomy experiences across the globe from Kazakhstan to Easter Island, Alaska to Antarctica

  • Journey into Darkness, Solar Eclipses in Texas and Antartica

  • Earth & Sky: Astronomy in the Chilean Andes

  • Astronomy of Hawaii

  • The Underwater Worlds of Tahiti and French Polynesia

  • Exploring the Amazon

  • African Safari

  • Discovering Alaska

  •   Iceland – Land of Ice and Fire

  •   Mysteries of Machu Picchu and Easter Island

  •   Voyage to Antarctica (3 voyages)

  •   Inside the Russian Space Program–a journey to Kazakhstan for the launch to the International Space Station

  •   In The Footsteps of Galileo

  • Around the World by Private Jet featuring Solar Eclipse in Australia

  • Exploring the Emerald British Isles

  •   Treasures of Mystical India

  • Astronomy in Arizona for Smithsonian Journeys (20 tours)

  • Black Sea on the Island Sky

  • Baja California and the Sea of Cortez

  • Grand Tour of Australia & New Zealand

  • … by sea aboard the magnificent Regent Seven Seas, Crystal Cruise Lines, Silversea, Sea Cloud, National Geographic’s Sea Bird, L’Austral and THE WORLD

 

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