It’s that time of year again, the time when Earth zips through the dusty debris of comet Swift/Tuttle resulting in a pretty spiffy display of meteors flashing through the night sky, for those lucky enough to have both clear AND dark skies overhead. Yes, it’s time for the annual Perseid meteor shower. This year, the […]
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CosmoQuest Workshop at DPS!
CosmoQuest will be at the American Astronomical Society’s DPS 48 / EPSC 11 Meeting in Pasadena, CA, in October. Jacob Noel-Storr of our partner InsightSTEM will be hosting a workshop for scientists and engineers who are interested in increasing the impacts of their science knowledge and expertise by interacting with people online, or in other […]
Catch you IRL or on the Stream?
Hello, October. We see that you come bearing travel. Want to meet in real life? That is going to become more and more possible in the coming months. As we gear up to grow CosmoQuest with a little (or actually a lot of) help from our friends and from NASA, we’re going to be doing […]
Internet Roundup: What’s on fire?
It’s the beginning of a new school year for a lot of folks around the world, and for academics like us, that means it’s time to come up from our summer, laissez-faire research work, and return to the more structured patterns of meetings, teaching, and committee work. This also means it is time to get […]
Lunar Eclipse October 8
October brings us another round of eclipses for you to enjoy if you’re in the right place to see it. First, the Moon will be eclipsed on October 8th, mostly visible from the West Coast of the US and Canada, but partially visible for the rest of the country as the Moon is setting in […]
International Observe the Moon Night is Coming…
The Moon is an ever-changing, yet ever-present interloper in our skies, visible even from the most light-polluted places on Earth. Our unique natural satellite drives the ocean tides and has inspired generations of humans who gaze up at the sky. So, it’s rather fitting that we have a whole night to celebrate it in a […]
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 […]