astronomy

Sky Power Blog Post #8 — Look Up! Meteor Showers and the Solstice

December 9, 2022 | By planetwatch | Post comment

What’s going on in the night sky? This week (Wed.,12/7 in U.S. time zones) the full moon “backslid” across bright Mars, so an “occultation” was visible in much of the country (where the sky was clear enough). As the earth rotates west-to-east on its axis, the sky appears to turn east-to-west — but the moon’s • Read More »

Sky Power Blog Post #7 — sun / earth / TIME rarity!

June 20, 2021 | By planetwatch | Post comment

something’s happening today that is likely unprecedented in our lives: the time of sunset hereabouts, today, is almost exactly the same as the actual moment of solstice!

Sky Power Blog Post #5 – Ground Hog Day

February 3, 2021 | By planetwatch | Post comment

Ground Hog Day
is my favorite “holiday” of the year.

Universe: The Greatest Astronomical Discovery of All Time

NASA Spitzer Space Telescope - Caltech Infrared Spiral Galaxy Messier 81 - NASA Spitzer Space Telescope

August 27, 2020 | By planetwatch | Post comment

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https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/MartinGaskell10-8-17.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:00 — 49.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS | MoreAstrophysicist Martin Gaskell discusses—at virtually the same time as its publication to the word—what has been called the “greatest astronomical discovery of all time.” The conversation ranges from science to • Read More »

Sky Power Blog Post #3 – A Smile from the Evening Sky

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The story goes that, as Noah’s flood was ending, a rainbow appeared in the heavens as a sign from the creator that such an apocalypse would never befall the world again. As many in our region now endure destruction and sorrow, we all hope for relief from the skies, coming as a return to the cool, • Read More »

Earth and Mars Scientists Discuss Current Research-PW091

October 7, 2018 | By planetwatch | Post comment

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https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/PlanetaryScience.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:00 — 49.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS | More Chris McKay, NASA Mars Researcher, and Friederike Otto, University of Oxford climate modeller Science is the focus of this week’s Planet Watch. Senior NASA scientist Chris McKay, in the Planetary • Read More »

Life on Mars: A Chat with NASA’s Carol Stoker-PW017

May 7, 2017 | By planetwatch | Post comment

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https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/LifeonMars016.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 52:07 — 71.6MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS | MoreAn interview with NASA scientist Carol Stoker, an expert on Mars, the Red Planet. Carol Stoker is a staff planetary scientist at NASA Ames Research Center. Her most recent work is • Read More »