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Director Grigorij Richters launches 51 Degrees North feature film Kickstarter campaign
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 | by David Eicher
51 Degrees North is a new feature film project supported by the Asteroid Day Foundation and Films United. A 30-day Kickstarter campaign will launch today, Earth Day, Wednesday, April 22, to support the film’s official release on June 30, 2015. ...
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Northeast Astronomy Forum, part two
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 | by David Eicher
I spent April 9–20 in the New York City area. I spoke at the New York/New Jersey Mineral Show, spent a few days vacationing in the city, and then closed out the trip with covering the annual Northeast Astro-Imaging Conference and Northeast Astr...
Lego Ninjas create Dual-head Teaching Telescope
Friday, April 10, 2015 | by Celestron
Looking to improve astronomy in the classroom, the Lego Ninjas submitted their prototype for a dual-head teaching telescope to the FLL Global Innovation competition. According to these students, the challenge teachers face with traditional telescopes...
Celebrate Earth Day with NASA
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 | by Korey Haynes
At the congressional budget hearing on April 16, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden had to repeatedly defend his organization’s mission to perform cutting-edge science not just in aeronautics and space exploration, as the agency’s name mak...
I am headed back to C2E2
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 | by Michael Bakich
The fifth annual Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) starts Friday, April 24 and runs through Sunday, April 26. I’ll be there as a member of the media for the fourth straight year. The convention, which, in addition to comics, spans ...
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Northeast Astronomy Forum, part one
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 | by David Eicher
Wow. I am utterly exhausted after spending April 9–20 in the New York City area. I spoke at the New York/New Jersey Mineral Show, spent a few days vacationing in the city, and then closed out the trip with covering the annual Northeast Astro-Im...
MESSENGER's about to crash into Mercury, and the last views from its death spiral are amazing
Monday, April 20, 2015 | by Eric Betz
The first spacecraft to orbit the innermost planet is running out of fuel and days away from plunging to its demise at an incredible 8,750 mph (14,080 km/h). Over the past several months, NASA has orchestrated a series of carefully planned maneuvers ...
New project explores humanity's severed link with the night sky
Tuesday, April 14, 2015 | by Eric Betz
A few weeks ago, I sat on a park bench overlooking the Port of Milwaukee hoping to glimpse the aurorae borealis lighting up much of the Northern Hemisphere. The horizon was fuzzy, but a 30-second exposure image revealed a distinct green band arcing o...
Celebrate the telescope's 25th anniversary with "Saving Hubble"
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 | by Karri Ferron
Back in January 2012, a documentary was presented at the American Astronomical Society meeting that created widespread buzz. Saving Hubble, directed by David Gaynes, focuses on the fight to save the ailing space telescope after NASA cancelled a servi...
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RIP Walter H. Haas, lunar and planetary champion
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 | by David Eicher
Very sad news this morning on the death of Walter H. Haas (1917–2015), founder and director emeritus of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO), at the age of 97. Few astronomy enthusiasts did more over the past decades for amat...
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Speaking next weekend at the New York/New Jersey Mineral, Fossil, Gem & Jewelry Show
Monday, April 6, 2015 | by David Eicher
I have a two-part trip to New York City looming, after a few days of finishing our magazine’s annual budget. Next weekend I’ll be speaking at the New York/New Jersey Mineral Show, having been graciously invited by my friend, mineral exper...
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Exclusive online story, "Why the asteroid threat should be taken seriously," now live!
Thursday, April 2, 2015 | by David Eicher
In the wake of the announcement of Asteroid Day, I found myself seeing all manner of debates online, between astronomy enthusiasts, about the realities of danger from asteroids impacting Earth. The opinions were all over the map. And so I began a sev...
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Join Astronomy, Discover, Celestron, and SciStarter at the World Science Festival
Thursday, April 2, 2015 | by David Eicher
There’s an exciting event coming to New York City on May 27–31, 2015: The five-day celebration of science known as the World Science Festival will host hundreds of thousands flocking to the Big Apple. Astronomy magazine, our sister public...
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Watch Eric Chaisson's important cosmic evolution interview
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 | by David Eicher
I’m having a delightful time discussing lots of topics with a stellar array of astronomers for my new Superstars of Astronomy audio podcast series. You can listen to the interviews here.But I want to highlight one existing video interview I stu...
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UPDATED: "The Odyssey of Knowledge" set for April 25 in Athens
Monday, March 30, 2015 | by David Eicher
One of the most amazing people I met at last year’s Starmus Festival was Alexandros Hahalis, a Greek composer, musician, and science enthusiast. Along with Rick Wakeman and Katerina Mina, Alexandros put on the special musical program that serve...
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Check out the video for "Rainbow of Light" with Katerina Mina
Monday, March 30, 2015 | by David Eicher
Last week I wrote about the new song “Rainbow of Light,” written by English songwriter Linda Lamon and performed magnificently by soprano Katerina Mina. Now I can share the YouTube video of this song, written for the International Year o...
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Celestial lineup
This photograph shows the Moon, Venus, and Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri) coming together to create a nice triangle in the sky. The crescent Moon shows earthshine, Venus is to the far right, and orange Aldebaran is just above the treetop. The rest of the Hyades Cluster is behind the tree. (Canon 6D DSLR, 110mm lens at f/6.3, ISO 1600, 1-second exposure, taken April 21, 2015, at dusk, from Dayton, Ohio)
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