This post was published on Medium. A total solar eclipse is among the most awe-inspiring events in nature, but relatively few people have had the opportunity to experience one. This Q&A guide will help YOU find an opportunity to see an upcoming total solar eclipse. For further information, be sure to download the FREE app […]
This post was published on Medium. Ronald Reagan: “Respect for human rights is essential to true peace on Earth. Governments that must answer to their peoples do not launch wars of aggression. That’s why the American people cannot close their eyes to abuses of human rights and injustice, whether they occur among friend or adversary […]
VIEW PRESENTATION HERE Pathway to a Post-Global Warming Future: Presenting Climate Science with Inspiration, Not (Only) Fear, presented by Jeffrey Bennett (CASA) — April 8, 2025 STScI Engineering & Technology Colloquium hosts: Pathway to a Post-Global Warming Future: Presenting Climate Science with Inspiration, Not (Only) Fear, presented by Jeffrey Bennett (CASA) Abstract: Many people, and […]
Dear Friends: Thursday night (March 13/14) is an opportunity to see the first total lunar eclipse since 2022. Clouds permitting, it will be visible throughout North and South America, as well as much of Oceania and parts of western Europe and Africa. Here’s a brief summary of the key times to watch by time zone […]
March 7, 2025 Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit First Friday meeting and talk by Dr. Jeff Bennett “Beyond UFOs: the Scientific Search for Extraterrestrial Life and its Astonishing Implications for our Future”. Jeff holds a B.A. in Biophysics from Univ. of Calif. San Diego and a Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Univ. of Colorado, Boulder. He specializes […]
Dear Friends – Happy new year! With apologies for the redundancy, I’m again sending you my eclipse Q&A, since we are now barely 3 months way from the April 8 total solar eclipse. If you can get to the path of totality, you should definitely try to do so; and if not, you can enjoy […]
Dear Friends: A really cool astronomical event is coming up on Wednesday night (Dec. 7): Mars will disappear behind the Moon. This event, called an “occultation,” is essentially the same as an eclipse, in which one object passes in front of another as seen from Earth. In this case, because Mars moves very slowly relative […]
Dear Friends: With apologies for another email so soon after the last, I couldn’t help but be inspired by this morning’s successful launch of Artemis 1. I have therefore posted a short piece about it on Medium (titled “Artemis 1 Launch and Return to the Moon: Why Does it Matter?), which you can read with […]
Dear Friends: 2020 has been a challenging year, but it has been filled with space news and night sky excitement. I will try to catch you up in a later post on the space mission news (e.g., China’s moon rock collection mission, NASA’s Osiris-REx asteroid landing and sample collection, SpaceX sending 4 astronauts to the […]
Dear Friends: Sorry for the second message in days, but for those of you who were planning to attend the ISS live reading on Monday for Story Time From Space, the event has been postponed. I will let you know if/when it is rescheduled. Meanwhile, visit the Story Time From Space web site to see […]
