by Joseph A'Hearn | Mar 3, 2023 | Astronomy, Basics, Cosmology, Eclipse, Featured, Observational Astronomy, Outreach, Science & Faith
Now that I’ve transitioned from teaching high schoolers during my PhD research years to working in industry, I’ve decided to make my lecture videos public. My course is from my perspective as a Catholic scientist and is divided in two halves:• The History of...
by Joseph A'Hearn | Jun 6, 2021 | Astronomy, Featured, Outreach, Science & Faith
“Extraterrestrials, AI, and Minds Beyond the Human” was the title of the Society of Catholic Scientists Conference that was held June 4-6, 2021. Members met in Washington, D.C., while others (like myself) tuned in to a livestream of the talks. Here I do...
by Joseph A'Hearn | Mar 27, 2021 | Astronomy, Basics, Featured, Outreach
“Astronomy is so cool, but it’s all over my head,” is a concept I hear a lot. This may be the case for you, but it doesn’t have to stay that way. In just 7 weeks, I can bring you up to speed with my Astronomy crash course. The first half of...
by Joseph A'Hearn | Jun 29, 2020 | Astronomy, Basics, Featured, Outreach, Science & Faith
Online High School Astronomy - Fall 2020 This Fall I will be teaching Astronomy for high schoolers on the Kepler Education platform. You can view and sign up for my course...
by Joseph A'Hearn | May 7, 2020 | Astronomy, Basics, Eclipse, Featured, Observational Astronomy, Outreach, Science & Faith
On Astronomy, Calendars, and Pluto's Status Joffre Swait from Kepler Education interviewed me on various topics of astronomy this afternoon. We talked about the calendar, why Pluto is not a planet, the Astronomy course I’m offering this Fall with Kepler...
by Joseph A'Hearn | Apr 12, 2018 | Astronomy, Basics, Featured, Outreach
On April 9 I hosted my first Astronomy Q&A live stream on Facebook. I responded to questions about the planets and then to questions made to me by viewers of the live stream. It was fun but wore me out. If I do another live stream in the future, I may reduce the...
