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Time to Get Ready for the Incredible USA Solar Eclipses of 2023 and 2024!

September 14, 2022 / JeffreyBennett / Space News

Sept. 14, 2022 Dear Friends: Today is 13 months to the day before the next great USA solar eclipse — the annular eclipse of Oct. 14, 2023. It is also (not coincidentally) the publication day of my new book, Totality! An Eclipse Guide in Rhyme and Science. It therefore seems a good time for a […]

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Planets in the Pre-Dawn Sky! (See them now or wait until 2040)

June 21, 2022 / JeffreyBennett / Space News

June 21, 2022 Dear Friends: Happy June Solstice! It’s the longest daylight of the year for the Northern Hemisphere and shortest for the Southern, but wherever you live (except far north where the sky remains bright all night at this time of year), you can enjoy a great sight this week in the early morning […]

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Lunar Eclipse Sunday Night! Plus The Milky Way’s Black Hole, Countdown to the 2023 and 2024 Solar Eclipses, School Visits, Books…

May 12, 2022 / JeffreyBennett / Space News

May 12, 2022 Dear Friends: There’s been lots of exciting space news, starting with today’s announcement that the Event Horizon Telescope has successfully made the first image of the black hole at the center of our own Milky Way Galaxy: You can read the press release about the black hole image here. Meanwhile, for today’s […]

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JWST Launch, New Scale Model Solar System, More (Dec. 21, 2021)

December 21, 2021 / JeffreyBennett / Space News

Dec. 21, 2021 Happy December solstice today! The big space news item is the upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), currently scheduled for Friday (Dec. 24), 7:20am EST. This is a big deal: JWST is a $10 billion instrument with the potential to revolutionize our understanding of the universe in many ways. […]

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Mars Helicopter Ingenuity! Plus Free, Earth Week Events for Kids and Adults

April 12, 2021 / JeffreyBennett / Space News

April 12, 2021 Events this week! Dear Friends: The Mars helicopter Ingenuity is now scheduled for its first test flight on Thursday: Go to this NASA page to find the updated exact time, to watch online, and to learn more about Ingenuity.  Also this week (and next), I’ll be offering several free, online presentations for […]

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Live from the International Space Station!

January 22, 2021 / JeffreyBennett / Space News, Uncategorized

January 22, 2021 Join Us Tuesday for a Live Event from the International Space Station! Dear Friends: Exciting news, especially for teachers and those of you with kids: Our previously postponed event for Story Time From Space will be happening this coming Tuesday, Jan. 26. We’ll have a live reading from the International Space Station (ISS) […]

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Astronomical Sky Events! + New Climate Curriculum

December 5, 2020 / Jeffrey Bennett / Space News

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 […]

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ISS Event POSTPONED

September 19, 2020 / Jeffrey Bennett / Space News, Story Time From Space

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 […]

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Join Us Monday for a Live Event from the International Space Station

September 16, 2020 / Jeffrey Bennett / Space News, Story Time From Space

Dear Friends: Exciting news, especially for teachers and those of you with kids: As most of you know, the Story Time From Space Program posts videos of astronauts reading children’s books from the International Space Station (ISS). On Monday (Sept. 21), the program will be hosting its first-ever LIVE reading from the ISS, along with […]

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Positive News to Share: Climate Action, Mars, Comet & Meteor Shower

August 1, 2020 / Jeffrey Bennett / Space News

Dear Friends: In difficult times, it’s nice to have some positive news, and there has been quite a bit in Earth and Space Science. Here are just a few news items that I think you’ll enjoy: Bipartisan student leadership on climate change: Student leaders across the U.S. have released a fantastic statement of support for […]

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  • TV and Podcast Interviews for 2023/24 Solar Eclipses September 14, 2022
  • Time to Get Ready for the Incredible USA Solar Eclipses of 2023 and 2024! September 14, 2022
  • Planets in the Pre-Dawn Sky! (See them now or wait until 2040) June 21, 2022
  • Lunar Eclipse Sunday Night! Plus The Milky Way’s Black Hole, Countdown to the 2023 and 2024 Solar Eclipses, School Visits, Books… May 12, 2022
  • JWST Launch, New Scale Model Solar System, More (Dec. 21, 2021) December 21, 2021
  • Mars Helicopter Ingenuity! Plus Free, Earth Week Events for Kids and Adults April 12, 2021
  • Live from the International Space Station! January 22, 2021
  • Astronomical Sky Events! + New Climate Curriculum December 5, 2020
  • ISS Event POSTPONED September 19, 2020
  • Join Us Monday for a Live Event from the International Space Station September 16, 2020
  • Positive News to Share: Climate Action, Mars, Comet & Meteor Shower August 1, 2020
  • Comet NEOWISE now Visible! July 11, 2020
  • Tomorrow’s Solar Eclipse June 20, 2020
  • Interpreting Antibody Test Results, Scale of the Universe, and More April 26, 2020
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