With regards to public outreach I have presented my work at conferences and public outreach events for Faulkes and we’re about to embark on a new and exciting project with the European Space Agency whom I work for also as a science writer. My use of Faulkes and the Liverpool scopes is ...
For many years, scientists also thought that the extreme environment near a supermassive black hole prevented new stars from forming there. Several young stars found in close proximity to Sagittarius A* have disproved this assumption. The discovery of the young binary star now shows that even stell...
No matter what you end up seeing in the night sky, you will most likely want to know the proper names of the stars and constellations you find. For this reason, it is helpful to implement a few tools. Note that the use of tools does not negate the "naked eye" aspect of naked-eye...
My wife, Debbie and I were in Greenville, South Carolina yesterday and a meet-up with grandkids from far and wide. It was a wonderful day. When driving by Roper Mountain, it caused me to think about the famous 23-inch (1882) refractor on top of the mountain. At one time I was a...
If you live near New York City, followColumbia Astronomy, which will keep you in the loop about astronomy events at Columbia University. You could also consider signing up to audit an Astronomy 101 class if you have the time, money, and inclination!
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Astronomers are like little kids and nearly every day one of them will proudly scream,“see, I discovered another planet and a new black hole!”knowing there are billions of trillions of planets and black holes out here in the universe, they will never run out of “discoveries”...
Just about the only way my 7 year old can stomach going to a star party with me is if he knows there will be kids his own age there who he can horse around with. That doesn't mean he's entirely uninterested in astronomy. It means he'll look through the telescope at Mars for a ...
Nothing compares to watching how kids and adults have their first look at Saturn, Jupiter or the Moon. You can bring any telescope, your 25" or a smaller one. Sadly (fortunately?) it's impossible for me to experience astronomy burnout. ...
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