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SkyWatch
Jan 22, 2010 22:16
During the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958) the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory launched Project Moonwatch . This amazing citizen sci..

IYA Closing Ceremony
Jan 9, 2010 14:42
As I write this the International Year of Astronomy closing ceremony is taking place. If you are quick you can catch some of the live webcast . Curre..

Bad Astronomy

Advisor to the planets^h^h^h stars
Feb 8, 2010 21:14
I was pleasantly surprised to see my old friend Kevin Grazier — planetary scientist with Cassini, and science advisor for Battlestar Galactica ..

Earth Sky interviews me about NASA’s future
Feb 8, 2010 19:00
I was recently interviewed on EarthSky about Obama's budget and future plans for NASA. I talked about some of the things I covered in my earlier blog..

Cosmic Variance

Quantum Photosynthesis
Feb 5, 2010 16:22
This is an idea that has been bouncing around for a while, but is now apparently seen in experiments: real-world photosynthesis taking advantage of q..

Sport Science: Human vs. Bow
Feb 4, 2010 17:02
Super Bowl Sunday is, of course, the great American holiday. Past years have seen inspirational performances by Joe Namath, Joe Montana, and Janet Ja..

Planetary Society Weblog

WISE has found its first comet, P/2010 B2 (WISE)
Feb 8, 2010 20:50
Having discovered its first asteroid on January 12, Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has now officially discovered its first comet, P/2010 B..

Manic Monday: Chocolate Hills, Io, and NASA's budget
Feb 8, 2010 18:21
Although I am not suffering under the "snowpocalypse" on the East Coast, I woke up to Monday absolutely buried under a massive pile of things to do fo..

Sciencedude

Storm gave year of water to 8,000 people
Feb 8, 2010 22:15
SOMEWHERRRRRRE ... Gregg Smith of Newport Beach took this image of a rainbow on Saturday. The Orange County Water District says it captured about 650..

19 UCI buildings have fire safety problems
Feb 8, 2010 19:25
Many of UCI's older instruction and research buildings need fire safety improvements, says a new report. This image shows on of UCI's original social..

Stars over Kansas

Tom's Astronomy Blog

“…the Northern Lights a-Runnin' Wild in the Land of the Midnight Sun…”
Feb 8, 2010 15:26
Do you recognize that song quote? It's from North to Alaska , by Johnny Horton, in 1960. For most people raised in the Southeastern or Southwestern..

Shuttle Launch
Feb 8, 2010 10:49
Click here to view the embedded video. Marian is coming right up, just wanted to share the shuttle launch. Source

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