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 […]
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Barry Kibrick hosts in-depth interviews with authors on his outstanding book show, Between the Lines. I’ve now had the pleasure of appearing on his show four times, which he tells me makes me his most frequent guest. Here is the show for What is Relativity?’s, which we taped in November 2014 and aired on PBS […]
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.
Jeff did two interviews with George Noory for his Beyond Belief show. We can’t post the full episodes, but here are short clips. Click the links to find the full episodes. Colonizing the Final Frontier — Jeff talks about the future of space exploration. Jeffrey Bennett talks about Colonizing the Final Frontier with George Noory […]
NASA TV has posted this short feature about the Story Time From Space program. It includes the first footage released of clips from the book readings, one featuring astronaut Mike Hopkins and one with astronaut Koichi Wakata. Hope you enjoy it!
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 […]
Dr. Bennett is interviewed about the new Cosmos series with Neil de Grasse Tyson and about the Story Time From Space program.
