I believe that we can both unravel the mysteries of the universe, and save human lives at the same time through interdisciplinary research. And I'm gonna share with you today just one story,...
Here's what I've been up to in Unity. I've been developing this astronomy package with the goal being to more accurately model the motion of the Sun, moon or moons, rings if...
Astronomy 2014 – Part 1 This is the National Science Olympiad (NSO) Astronomy C 2014 Event which gives an overview of the content for the competition in Orlando, Florida on May 17th, 2014. The...
In 2009, the Kepler Space Telescope was launched to answer one question: how many stars in our galaxy harbor planets like the Earth? To answer that question, Kepler stared at one small area of our...
The clock strikes twelve and moondrops burst Out at you from their hiding place?. Like acid and oil on a madman's face His reasons tend to fly away. Like lesser birds on the four winds, yeah...
Astronomy 2014 – Part 6 The stellar radiation laws and blackbody radiation have been a part of every past Astronomy event. A blackbody is an artificial construct that absorbs all radiation it...
DOUG HERMAN: Our first three speakers have taken us to different latitudes here in the Americas. Now we are going to swing across the Atlantic Ocean to Africa. Dr. Babatunde Lawal is a Professor of...
DOUG HERMAN: Aloha everyone and welcome back to “Stellar Connections”. Our next speaker is John MacDonald. Now retired, John MacDonald spent most of his working life in the Canadian Arctic. He for 25...
Newton showed that white light is composed of all the colors of the rainbow. This tool from the Light and Spectroscopy tutorial. This tool from the Light and Spectroscopy tutorial. Note that students...