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...
by Joseph A'Hearn | Apr 5, 2018 | Administrative, Astronomy, Basics, Outreach
After getting your feedback, I’ve scheduled my first Astronomy Q&A live stream for Monday, April 9, at 6:45 pm Pacific Time via Facebook Live. I’ll start out by answering questions about the planets that middle- and high-schoolers of Summit Academy in...
by Joseph A'Hearn | Jan 13, 2018 | Astronomy, Cosmology, Featured, Outreach, Science & Faith
“We’re not special” is not a scientific statement. It’s an opinion. It’s a simple way of expressing what has become known as the Copernican principle. Copernicus himself did not explicitly hold this when he realized Earth was likely not...
by Joseph A'Hearn | Jan 7, 2018 | Astronomy, Eclipse, Featured, News, Outreach
Interested in seeing the Earth’s shadow fall on the Moon on the 31st of this month? Here’s a simple and elegant representation by timeanddate.com showing where on Earth it will be visible from. This is a lunar eclipse. It will be total roughly 5-6am...
by Joseph A'Hearn | Jun 23, 2016 | Astronomy, News, Observational Astronomy, Outreach
NASA and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) have teamed up and have brought the world an initiative called SERVIR. Using satellite images of the Earth and other technology, SERVIR works with organizations in developing countries to forecast climate...
