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Orlando Science Center: Month of astronomy events
Thu, 03 May 2012 12:53:53 -0700
Orlando Science Center is expanding its Astronomy Day event, sprinkling events over select weekends through June 2. Activities will include SunWatch sessions, where visitors will peer at the sun through the Crosby Observatory telescope; four NASA speakers; “Orlando by Night,” a live planetarium show in the Dr. Phillips CineDome; the “Science on a Sphere” exhibit and the Kinesthetic [...]
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What If Climate Science Is Wrong?
Mon, 28 May 2012 08:20:09 -0700
After all, Aristotelian physics and Ptolemaic astronomy turned out to be wrong
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Another tiny rock will pass Earth tomorrow | Bad Astronomy
Mon, 28 May 2012 11:30:45 -0700
[ tl;dr : A small 5-10 meter asteroid will pass us tomorrow; it poses no danger to us.] I recently wrote about near-Earth asteroid 2012 KP24 , a house-sized (25 meter) rock. As I write this it passed us safely just a few hours ago, as predicted. But thanks to scibuff and AsteroidWatch on Twitter, I just learned of another tiny visitor that will buzz past us tonight/tomorrow, May 29, at around 07 ...
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Big Picture Science: Antivaxxers (and updates) | Bad Astronomy
Mon, 07 May 2012 08:15:24 -0700
Hmmmm… the astronomer in today’s xkcd comic looks familiar, even as a stick figurhe four-letter45 -0700
Government of Canada Investments Promote Science and Engineering to Canada's Youth
Thu, 17 May 2012 09:00:00 -0700
CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND-- - Science centres, museums and other organizations across Canada have received funding to engage young Canadians in a number of leading-edge initiatives-including ...
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Australia hails surprise super-telescope decision
Fri, 25 May 2012 19:47:25 -0700
Australia has hailed a surprise decision giving it a role in a radio telescope project aimed at revolutionising astronomy, vowing to draw on its decades of experience in space science.
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Your last chance to see Venus for the next few weeks | Bad Astronomy
Sat, 26 May 2012 07:00:45 -0700
As I usually do when I go outside at twilight, I glanced over to the west to look for Venus… and it was much lower toward the horizon than I was expecting. I shouldn’t have been surprised; in two weeks it’s due for a close encounter with the Sun. On June 5/6, it’ll pass directly between us and the Sun in an event called a transit. I’ll have more info on that later, though you can read up about ...
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Saturn, surreally | Bad Astronomy
Wed, 23 May 2012 06:31:02 -0700
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