CNN Live Panel with Jeffrey Bennett On Laura Coates Live on CNN, astronomer and author Jeffrey Bennett was featured as a special guest to discuss an extraordinary celestial event. During the live broadcast, Laura Coates brought on Dr. Jeffrey Bennett to break down the science and cultural impact of a rare, high-profile lunar or planetary […]
Dear Friends – Tomorrow night, Thursday Aug. 27, 2026 (into Friday morning, Aug. 28): a not-quite-total lunar eclipse visible to almost everyone in the central/eastern Pacific, North and South America, Europe, and Africa. The “not-quite-total” refers to the fact that rather than having Earth’s shadow completely cover the Moon (as in a total lunar eclipse), […]
Featured on Great Day Colorado It’s always exciting to witness a solar eclipse. Now, you can keep information about upcoming solar eclipses right in your pocket! With the Totality Eclipse app you can call up interactive maps of recent and upcoming total solar eclipses worldwide. Main Interview It was developed right here in Colorado by […]
This post was published on Medium. Meteor showers are a fun and easy astronomical event for everyone to see, and they have a very interesting story as well. Here is a brief Q&A that should be helpful to anyone wanting to view and understand a meteor shower. Q: What IS a meteor shower? A meteor […]
Dear Friends – Next Wed., Aug. 12, 2026, is a big astronomy day with both a solar eclipse and the annual Perseid meteor shower. Details and more information: The eclipse features totality along a narrow path through Greenland, Iceland, and Spain, and a partial solar eclipse for Alaska, Canada, the northeastern U.S., Ireland, the UK, […]
Dear Friends – It’s time to get ready for this summer’s solar eclipse (Aug. 12, 2026), the first of three back-to-back eclipses occurring just short of 1 year apart in 2026, 2027, and 2028. Take a look at the overall map below for this year’s eclipse (from Xavier Jubier’s interactive site). Notice that: Opportunities for […]
This post was published on Medium. Launch of Artemis II (April 1, 2026). If you view it on Youtube you can use the view tools in upper left (or just move your cursor around) to keep the rocket in the frame as it rises. With all the issues going on around us in the world, […]
A new perspective on space, time and humanity By Lynn Ware Peek & Scott Greenberg Cool Science Radio Astrophysicist Jeffrey Bennett talks about the vast scale of the universe and humanity’s place within it. In his book, “The Scale of the Universe,” he uses concepts like the “cosmic calendar” to make immense distances and timelines […]
The Scale of the Universe Your browser does not support the audio element. OR Listen to Podcast Here How big is the universe – not just in the scale of distance but also the scale of time? What do those…astronomical…scales mean about us humans on Earth and how can we understand and measure such vast […]
Dear Friends – I’ll start with the fun news: First, there will be a total lunar eclipse visible over the US (including Hawaii, as well as most of the rest of the Pacific) this coming Monday night, March 2, with the action happening in the early morning of March 3. This means you’ll probably have […]
