It’s August again, which means it is time for another Dragon*Con in Atlanta, Georgia, over Labor Day Weekend. The CosmoQuest team will be out in force with citizen science and more at the convention. Once again we’ll have a big booth on the second floor of the Hilton with science, demos, freebies, and merchandise! Find […]
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Atlanta Star Party Time!
It’s that time of year again… time to get your tickets to the annual Atlanta Star Party! The night before Dragon*Con at Emory University, join Pamela Gay, Derek Demeter, and I in a celebration of astronomy and to support the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America and CosmoQuest. As always, we throw this party in memory of the Blue Collar Scientist, Jeff […]
CosmoQuest at Dragon*Con 2013
Well, that was AMAZING. It’s over a month after Dragon*Con ended and I’m finally getting together my pictures (and those from our friends) of the event. Part of my brain, however, remains in Atlanta with all the fun and lovely people we met and spent time with. With something between 50,000 and 60,000 attendees, one […]
It’s Almost Time for Dragon*Con!
It’s my FAVORITE time of year, Labor Day weekend, 50,000+ geeks all converged on Atlanta for a huge sci-fi/fantasy/geek/nerd fest. AND there’s lots of science! That’s right, it’s almost time for DragonCon. We just got word that CosmoQuest/Astrosphere will have a table space in the Hilton this year, near all our favorite track rooms. We’ve […]
Where in the World is CosmoQuest?
One of our primary missions at CosmoQuest is to share science with as many people as possible. This means travelling to where people are. We’ve been weighing our reduced budget as well as our core mission and decided on our travel schedule for the rest of the year. We’ve had to cut down how many […]
CosmoQuest at DragonCon 2012
Well what can I say. CosmoQuest had its very first Dragon*Con, though all of us working there are pretty much Con veterans by now. If you’ve never been to a Dragon*Con, it is a singular experience that is hard to describe. You walk down the hall past Storm Troopers, anime characters, and wizards, stopping to […]