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Scott Kelly’s Time Dilation

March 6, 2016 / JeffreyBennett / Jeff in the Media, Other Fun Stuff, Relativity

I was asked to comment about how time dilation affected astronaut Scott Kelly during his “year in space,” leading to this article at the Huffington Post: Neil DeGrasse Tyson Says Scott Kelly Aged More Slowly In Space, And He’s Right We’ve got the math to prove it. by: David Freeman Astronaut Scott Kelly got countless […]

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The Cosmic Perspective (Jeff’s astronomy textbook) appears in The Big Bang Theory

February 15, 2013 / JeffreyBennett / Jeff in the Media, Other Fun Stuff

Check out the book on the desk! Popular television show “The Big Bang Theory” (Season 5, Episode 7) used one of Jeff’s book as a prop!

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The Essential Cosmic Perspective (Jeff’s astronomy textbook) appears in Samsung Galaxy Television Ads

September 15, 2012 / JeffreyBennett / Jeff in the Media, Other Fun Stuff

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Astronaut John Grunsfeld Takes The Cosmic Perspective Aboard the Space Shuttle

May 15, 2009 / JeffreyBennett / Jeff in the Media, Other Fun Stuff

Astronaut John Grunsfeld Takes The Cosmic Perspective (Jeff’s astronomy textbook) Aboard the Space Shuttle During the Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission

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Men We Like – Jeffrey Bennett: Astronomer by training, teacher by trade

February 1, 2004 / JeffreyBennett / Jeff in the Media, News Features, Other Fun Stuff

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 […]

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Max’s Famous Merry-Go-Round Trick

September 1, 2003 / JeffreyBennett / Jeff in the Media, Other Fun Stuff

Max was once actually invited to the David Letterman show — not because of his starring role in books, but rather because of the trick in the video clip below. As described in Max Goes to Mars, he learned the trick as a puppy and did it all his life. He began to tremble with […]

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