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 […]
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, […]
This post was published on Medium. (Left) App opening Screen. (Center) Cover of book. (Right) Paths of totality, 2017–2045. 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 […]
Please also see this post as published on Medium. Imagine you could send a single short message through time to anyone who has ever lived, telling them one modern fact that would give them hope for the future of humanity. What message would you send? I don’t think you could find anything more powerful than […]
The following article was posted in Foreward Reviews. Click here to read the original post, which is formatted a little nicer than reproduced below. At the end of The Wizard Who Saved the World, says author Jeffrey Bennett, we want kids to leave any school discussion of global warming with the belief that they, too, […]
Note: The release below was pre-launch. The Orbital 1 mission carrying the books launched successfully on January 9, and the books will be read by the astronauts some time in the next few months. For updates on the program status, please “like” the Story Time From Space page on Facebook. And to read about Max’s […]
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 […]
Miami University (Ohio) selected Beyond UFOs as their Summer Reading Program book for the Class of 2012, requiring all 3,700+ incoming students to read and discuss the book. As part of the program, Dr. Bennett delivered the followiing remarks all these students, along with faculty, administrators, and some parents and upper class students — a […]
