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Publication date set for Eicher astrophysics book
Thursday, June 4, 2015 | by David Eicher
My next book, The New Cosmos: Answering Astronomy’s Biggest Questions, will be published by Cambridge University Press on November 25, 2015. Last year, I spent much of my free time cloistered in my room cranking away on a new book about astroph...
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How a flying telescope proved Pluto has an atmosphere
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 | by Kevin Schindler, Lowell Observatory
On June 29, less than three weeks before New Horizons’ much anticipated close approach to Pluto, scientists aboard the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) will observe a Pluto occultation. This event is reminiscent of a sim...
Astronomy Foundation launches Picture of the Week
Thursday, June 4, 2015 | by David Eicher
The Astronomy Foundation, the telescope industry outreach group, has launched a new Picture of the Week feature on its website. You can see it here.The inaugural photo is by our good friend and Australian astroimager Jeanette Lamb, and shows the Lago...
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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...
A movie about the dark night sky
Thursday, June 4, 2015 | by David Eicher
I urge you to take a couple minutes out of your day and watch this short film, "Bring Back the Stars." It was made by Yining Zhou and features footage of Audrey Fisher, president of the Chicago Astronomical Society and a light pollution activist, and...
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A great resource for the upcoming eclipse
Thursday, June 4, 2015 | by Michael Bakich
This review comes from Mike Reynolds, professor of astronomy at Florida State College at Jacksonville. A veteran of 18 total solar eclipses as well as an author of a book about eclipses, Reynolds knows the subject cold. As interest builds toward the...
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World Science Festival events
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 | by David Eicher
The World Science Festival, held May 27–31 in New York City, was a great event. I previously blogged about one of the largest activities associated with the festival, Astronomy magazine’s star party held in conjunction with Celestron, Dis...
New Asteroid Day competition!
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 | by David Eicher
The folks at Discovery Science in England have produced a terrific new contest for Asteroid Day, on June 30, now less than a month away!Check it out here. And you can see their promo film about programming below.(Please visit the site to view this vi...
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World Science Festival Stargaze in New York
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 | by David Eicher
What a terrific few days a number of us had in New York last week celebrating the World Science Festival, one of the great science events, that drew something like a quarter-million science enthusiasts to the Big Apple. Many events took place —...
Greetings from the World Science Festival Star Party!
Monday, June 1, 2015 | by David Eicher
Celestron just sponsored a really big event in New York City, with several thousand people enjoying the night sky with Astronomy, Discover, Scistarter, and the Science Cheerleaders. It was a featured part of the World Science Festival that took place...
A word on Starmus from Stephen Hawking
Tuesday, May 26, 2015 | by David Eicher
From Professor Hawking:I’m touched and honored that the third STARMUS in Tenerife, June 27 to July 2, 2016, is titled “Beyond the Horizon: A Tribute to Stephen Hawking.” — SHFollow David J. Eicher on Twitter: www.twitter.com/d...
Gearing up for the World Science Festival
Tuesday, May 26, 2015 | by David Eicher
Tomorrow morning I’ll leave for New York (once again!), this time to go to the World Science Festival. Astronomy and Discover magazines will be partnering with Scistarter, the citizen science group headed by Darlene Cavalier (who is also behind...
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Tomorrowland is a film every future scientist should see
Friday, May 22, 2015 | by Eric Betz
NASA’s man in Hollywood says the latest rash of sci-fi films show the agency still holds sway with young minds more than half a century after the launch of the Space Age. “The future can be scary,” Frank Walker (played by George ...
A thought from my latest book ...
Thursday, May 21, 2015 | by David Eicher
This will be published with about another 100,000 words in The New Cosmos: Answering Astronomy’s Big Questions, to be published by Cambridge University Press this coming October.Enjoy!Follow David J. Eicher on Twitter: www.twitter.com/deicher...
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Sir Harold Kroto and David Eicher join Starmus Festival board
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 | by David Eicher
Tenerife, Canary Islands, May 20, 2015: Garik Israelian, director of the Starmus Festival, the international celebration of astronomy, allied sciences, music, and the arts, today announces two additions to the Starmus Festival board of directors. Bot...
Get ready for Asteroid Day festivities in London
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 | by David Eicher
The first ever Asteroid Day will raise awareness for near-Earth asteroid research, highlighting the danger space rocks pose to us. The commemoration will take place June 30, 2015, on the 107th anniversary of the Tunguska event, when an asteroid or co...
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New Eicher book will deliver state of the cosmos message
Monday, May 11, 2015 | by David Eicher
Last year, I spent much of my free time cloistered in my room cranking away on a new book about astrophysics, planetary science, and cosmology. You see, more than 30 years ago I was incredibly inspired by Cosmos, the TV series and book, and got to kn...
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The Vela supernova remnant
This imager captured the Vela supernova remnant from the Kalahari Desert in Namibia. The remnant is the expanding gas from the outer layers of a star that exploded some 11,000 years ago. (8-inch Officina Stellare Veloce RH Riccardi-Honders reflector, SBIG STL-11000M CCD camera, Hydrogen-alpha/Oxygen-III/Sulfur-II/RGB image with exposures of 290, 60, 40, 100, 100, and 110 minutes, respectively)
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