Astronomy education team with Steward Observatory at the University of Arizona
TUCSON’S MARCH FOR SCIENCE – APRIL 22ND, 2017 Donning lab coats and carrying only the most clever of signboards, “SCIENCE, NOT SILENCE” became the rallying cry for those attending the March for Science in downtown Tucson this past Saturday. The historical El Presidio park transformed into a pro-science, pro-education space in what was a sister march for the […]
Read moreThoughts from an Astronomy Gamer THE STAR AUGUR… Blizzard’s Warcraft series, and all the books, merchandise, and spinoffs that includes, is one of the most successful franchises in gaming history. While playing online recently, I came across an encounter that is as visually stunning as it is thought-provoking. Star Augur Etraeus in the Nighthold raid grants players a glimpse of Azeroth’s night […]
Read moreOn July 28, 1973, two all-American ladies spun into space on the Skylab 3 assignment – a solid decade before Sally Ride’s historic space shuttle Challenger STS-7 mission launch. Their monumental task: to weave some silky webs in zero gravity. At the prompting of Massachusetts high schooler Judy Miles, NASA space scientists (who, most likely, were not arachnophobes) asked, “How […]
Read moreThe word “meteor” comes from the Greek word for something in the air, or something raised into the air. It’s an honest word, too – a meteor is only a meteor while it’s hurtling through the Earth’s atmosphere. They’ve been observed for as long as the Earth has had inhabitants to watch them fall, and can be as small as […]
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