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Reporter's Notebook published May 19, 2012

Biggest astronomy news isn’t Sunday’s eclipse It’s not just because the latest local weather forecast calls for “more clouds than sun” Sunday. The annular solar eclipse peaking in Del Norte around 6:24 p.m. that day is a high-profile event, but not the biggest news in astronomy. While speaking about the eclipse to Jon Pedicino, professor of astronomy at College of the Redwoods in Eureka, I got a ...

Saturn, surreally | Bad Astronomy

Take 7+ years of Saturn observations by the Cassini spacecraft, stitch a whole lot of them together into short, film-noir-like segments, and add a Beethoven soundtrack. What do you get? Awesomeness . The video was put together by Nahum Chazarra , who says on Twitter he’s a "Geology student, science lover". There’s literally too much in this to describe! Moons, rings, the planet itself… but I ...

Solar eclipse was real-life astronomy lesson for millions

Across the country, the solar eclipse Sunday seemed to kindle an infectious enthusiasm for astronomy. In New Mexcio's Chaco Canyon, Jay Anderson, a Canadian eclipse expert who runs the website Eclipser, marveled at the spectacle. He particularly enjoyed how the...

Asteroid, mine | Bad Astronomy

I write a sporadically monthly column for Blastr, the science/science fiction web news portal for the SyFy channel. My latest is about asteroid mining — the company Planetary Resources announced recently they have big plans to Go Where No Mine Has Gone before, and I give it the once over. As I said when I wrote about this earlier , I’m enthusiastic about it, but I’d like to see details. But I’ll ...

LIVE Q&BA Hangout for the eclipse | Bad Astronomy

[UPDATE: The hangout's over. Thanks to all who watched! I'll have the YouTube video up as soon as I can!] I know this is last minute, but I decided to do a live Hangout on Google+ to talk about the solar eclipse. I’ve embedded the video below if you want to watch. If you want to ask questions, go to the link above or send me something on Twitter . If you leave a comment here I won’t see it!