Welcome back to school! Here’s the first of this academic year’s space science updates, with information about Wednesday’s total lunar eclipse and tomorrow’s Cassini flyby of Titan. Best wishes, Jeff 1. TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE Don’t miss this Wednesday night’s (Oct. 27) total eclipse of the Moon — it will be 2 1/2 years until the […]
The Daily Camera – September 28, 2004 Author: Mary Butler – Camera Staff Writer Jeffrey Bennett once dreamed of becoming an astronaut like Neil Armstrong and the others who flew the famous Apollo missions that landed on the moon six times between his 10th and 13th birthdays. The 45-year-old Boulder astrophysicist, teacher and author never […]
Dear Friends, Tonight and tomorrow morning are the best times to watch the annual Perseid meteor shower, which is expected to be quite good this year. Simple watching instructions: you need an unobstructed view of the sky, so that you can watch a large part of the sky with your peripheral vision and thereby “catch” […]
Dear Friends, A short e-mail this time: This morning’s transit of Venus produced many beautiful images that will undoubtedly appear on the web over the coming days. For the moment, I recommend taking a look at a slide show that the New York Times has just posted on its web site. Go to http://www.nytimes.com/ (you […]
Dear Friends, Here is the next in my occasional series of space science updates, with info today on the May 4 lunar eclipse, observing Venus, the Venus transit, and the latest NASA space science missions. instructions for subscribing or unsubscribing can be found at the end of the message. Best wishes, Jeff 1. LUNAR ECLIPSE […]
Dear Friends, This is the first of a new math/stats newsletter that Bill Briggs and I will send on occasion. It is designed primarily for users of our textbooks (Using and Understanding Mathematics; Statistical Reasoning for Everyday Life), but may also be of general interest to others. It will include brief items of current news, […]
Dear Friends, Welcome to the new "listserv" for my space science news e-mails. 1. All five naked-eye planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn are visible in the early evening right now. Don’t miss it — go out just after the Sun drops below the horizon, and watch as the sky darkens. You’ll first see […]
Women’s Magazine – February 2004 By Marcey J. Cote Some might expect an astronomer to have his eyes locked on the sky or his head in the clouds, but Jeffrey Bennett defies these stereotypes. While the local astronomer/writer uses his academic background to drive his personal mission, he keeps his ideas firmly grounded. His ideas […]
Reprinted in the Denver Post, Feb. 15, 2004 The Bush administration’s plan for a return to the Moon is drawing skepticism from many quarters. Some think we can’t afford the cost, and that the money would be better spent on problems here at home. Others look at the spectacular success of the Spirit rover on […]
It’s not an official name, but I think we can safely say that 2004 will qualify as Interplanetary Space Year. The new year is but a few days old, and already we have spectacular new images of a comet and the surface of Mars. Before the year is out, we will have much more from […]
