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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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Big Picture Science: Antivaxxers (and updates) | Bad Astronomy
Tue, 15 May 2012 10:56:32 -0700
I do a roughly monthly segment with astronomer Seth Shostak on Big Picture Science, a radio show/podcast done by The SETI Institute. This month, Seth and I talked about the American Airlines dustup when they were planning to run an interview with reality-impaired antivaxxer Meryl Dorey . This story is a great victory for reality, and I’ve already written about the back story . Never forget: this ...
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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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xkcd is the very model of a modern major science grad | Bad Astronomy
Mon, 07 May 2012 08:15:24 -0700
Hmmmm… the astronomer in today’s xkcd comic looks familiar, even as a stick figure. At least he didn’t draw me as a zombie . But I’m no Feynman. And hey, together with SMBC I think this makes me king of the four-letter comics. I mean, um. Well. [N.B. And yes, it really is me, I got word from The Man himself. Funny how a minimalist drawing with some context invokes recognition; I've been getting ...
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Memorial Day 2012 | Bad Astronomy
Mon, 28 May 2012 06:30:45 -0700
[Note: Today is Memorial Day, a US tradition where we remember the contributions of those in the military who have fallen. Yesterday, I was thinking about what to write about it. My dad was in the Navy just after World War II, but I wasn't sure what to write about that. I decided to put the idea aside for a time, since I have a deadline for an article I'm writing about space exploration. While ...
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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
Take 7+ years of Saturn observations by the Cassini spacecraft, stitch a whole lot of them together into short, film-noir-like segments, and add a Beethoven soundtrack. What do you get? Awesomeness . The video was put together by Nahum Chazarra , who says on Twitter he’s a "Geology student, science lover". There’s literally too much in this to describe! Moons, rings, the planet itself… but I ...
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