From elementary school kids to senior citizens, the Event Horizon Telescope image is almost immediately recognized as a black hole. But why should you care? Credit: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration This picture, released in 2019 by the Event Horizon Telescope Project, has already become one of the most recognized images in the world. But what […]
This post also appears (with an extra illustration) on my Huffington Post blog page. The short answer: Gravitational waves are an important prediction of Einstein’s general theory of relativity, published a century ago. Because this theory changed the way we understand the nature of space, time, and gravity, it also fundamentally changed our perception of […]
See a recording of Jeff’s relativity tour lecture for the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures (recorded May 6, 2015 at Foothill College’s Smithwick Theater): See a recording of Jeff’s relativity tour lecture at Fiske planetarium: This year (2015) marks the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s publication of his general theory of relativity. Today, this theory lies at […]
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This is a video of my colloquium for faculty at Lehman College (New York) on Oct. 31, 2014.
A lot of people have been asking me about the discovery announced this week about cosmic inflation. As I mentioned in my recent news post, you can find many good articles about it, and one of my favorites is this one from Phil Plait. Still, I realized that most people need a little more explanation […]
This is an updated version of my Beyond UFOs lecture, presented on June 29, 2013. Anyone interested in booking a live lecture should contact me directly.
Dr. Bennett’s keynote presentation for the Kentucky Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges.
What does it take to translate a children’s book into a planetarium show? Find out as CU Science Update’s Rose Heaphy and her dog Ringo take a sneak peak of the CU Fiske Planetarium’s latest production, “Max Goes to the Moon”, based on the popular children’s book by Boulder author, Jeffrey Bennett. Fiske’s Education Programs […]
Astronaut Alvin Drew reads Max Goes to the Moon during STS-133, the final mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery.
