Dear Friends — As you may have heard, there is a comet currently visible for most people in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s worth going out to see, as the attached photos show. Here is a brief Q&A to help you see it and understand what you are seeing. Q: How can I see Comet NEOWISE? […]
Dear Friends, I hope everyone is doing well in these challenging times. I’ve been getting a lot of questions about tomorrow’s solar eclipse, so sending out a brief bit of information: Date of solar eclipse: Sunday, June 21, 2020. This is an annular solar eclipse, which means the Moon is in a part of its […]
Dear Friends — I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy, and getting by despite the difficulty of these times. For today’s email, I’d like to share a few new resources that you may find of interest: Article: “Would You Trust a 90% Accurate Antibody Test? (You Shouldn’t!)” Suppose you get tested for Covid-19 antibodies […]
Note: Today’s email expresses my personal opinions. As always, feel free to reply to me directly. Despite the extensive media coverage of the Covid-19 coronavirus (“coronavirus” is a general category of viruses, while “Covid-19” is the name given to this particular strain), I know many of you have questions as to how concerned you should […]
Please see this post on Medium. I’ve also made a video version of that you can see at this Youtube link.
Please also see this post as published on Medium. Imagine you could send a single short message through time to anyone who has ever lived, telling them one modern fact that would give them hope for the future of humanity. What message would you send? I don’t think you could find anything more powerful than […]
Press Release Totality by Big Kid Science: The Premier FREE App for Learning About Solar Eclipses — Now Fully Updated and Available in Spanish! [Boulder, Colorado, April 19, 2018] Big Kid Science, an educational company founded by astrophysicist Dr. Jeffrey Bennett, released what was widely called the best app for preparing for the 2017 total […]
This post is from Jeff’s Space News E-mail, 3/17/17 At the bottom of the right column, subscribe to receive Dr. Bennett’s Space News E-mail Why Should You Care About TRAPPIST-1? You probably saw news reports about a planetary system called TRAPPIST-1, which was recently discovered to have SEVEN Earth-size planets in orbit of a single […]
I’m soon to be attending my 40th high school reunion, and found myself feeling a bit down. Forty years is a long time, and I’m sure that anyone else of similar age knows that at this point, it’s easy to think that our best days are behind us. We look back at the promise that […]
high school reunion, relativity, second life, the cosmic perspective****************************** This is one of the “a few times a year” Space News E-mails from author Jeff Bennett. You can subscribe with the form on the lower right side of this blog page. ******************************* Dear Friends, With 2015 is coming to a close, I thought I’d share what to me are three of the most […]
