Radio host Rick Barber talks with Jeffrey Bennett about his book, Beyond UFOs, focusing on how the scientific search for life on other worlds holds important lessons for our own survival here on Earth.
We Came in Peace for All Mankind (40th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing, and more)
Happy Moon Landing Anniversary! Forty years ago today, humans first set foot on another world when Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon (with Michael Collins circling above). Six more Apollo missions followed, five of which landed on the Moon (while Apollo 13 returned safely to Earth after an accident […]
40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Published in Space.com Imagine that you could send a single short message through time to anyone who has ever lived, telling them one modern fact that would give them hope for the future of humanity. I don’t think you could find anything more powerful than this: Human beings have walked on the Moon, and upon […]
VIDEO: Barry Kibrick’s Between the Lines TV show.
Barry Kibrick hosts in-depth interviews with authors on his outstanding book show, Between the Lines. I’ve had the pleasure of appearing on his show twice, a few years ago for my book On the Cosmic Horizon, and more recently for Beyond UFOs, which we taped in June 2009. Click below to watch the show. (By […]
PODCAST: Issues and You – Paul Richards talks to Jeffrey Bennett
Astrophysicist Dr. Jeffrey Bennett talks about his newest book Beyond UFOs The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Its Astonishing Implications for Our Future. Topics also include Pluto as a planet and the Hubble Telescope. Click here for the podcast on their site.
Astronaut John Grunsfeld Takes The Cosmic Perspective Aboard the Space Shuttle
Astronaut John Grunsfeld Takes The Cosmic Perspective (Jeff’s astronomy textbook) Aboard the Space Shuttle During the Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission
RADIO: The Mike Rosen Show Radio Interview
Jeffrey Bennett, astrophysicist and author of, “Beyond UFOs: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Its Astonishing Implications for Our Future.”
VIDEO: Max Goes to Jupiter featured on ABC7 Chicago News
February 13, 2009 (WLS) — Children love to learn about the moon and the stars. And that pleases parents, who may not be scientists, but who would like to encourage their children to get excited about astronomy and physics and similar topics. Renowned Astrophysicist Jeffrey Bennett has discovered the perfect formula. It starts with a […]
International Year of Astronomy
Happy International Year of Astronomy! Four hundred years ago, in 1609, Galileo built a telescope and turned it to the heavens, making crucial discoveries that helped overturn the ancient belief in an Earth-centered universe. In celebration of the 400th anniversary of these discoveries, the United Nations has designated 2009 as International Year of Astronomy (IYA). […]
International Year of Astronomy
This article appeared in The Los Angeles Times as “Galileo Put Us in Our Place” The revolution was not his alone. The idea was actually an ancient one, and other scientists had embraced it along the way. But it took Galileo and the telescope he built to prove the truth to the masses: Earth is […]