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 | Jun 9, 2016 | Astronomy, Observational Astronomy, Outreach
Last night I had the privilege of speaking about astronomy to the boys at Sacred Heart Apostolic School in Rolling Prairie, Indiana. After telling them a bit about myself, I narrated the story of the cosmological revolutions of the past century, answering the question...
by Joseph A'Hearn | Mar 10, 2016 | Astronomy, Observational Astronomy, Outreach
Last weekend I had the opportunity to travel up with the Astronomical Society of the University of Illinois and visit the University of Chicago’s Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. Yerkes Observatory has a few telescopes, including the world’s...