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Boulder Science Festival 22 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Love science? Will be in the Boulder, Colorado, area in October? If yes, then you definitely want to check out the Boulder Science Festival on October 12-13! This celebration of learning about the Un...
It’s Almost Time for Dragon*Con! 21 Aug 2013 | 03:52 am
Pink stormtrooper defends the science! It’s my FAVORITE time of year, Labor Day weekend, 50,000+ geeks all converged on Atlanta for a huge sci-fi/fantasy/geek/nerd fest. AND there’s lots of science! ...
I love the Invisible Universe 15 Aug 2013 | 11:14 pm
Radio astronomy is a different way of looking at the Universe. Literally. We know that there is only a tiny fraction of the electromagnetic spectrum that we can see with our eyes. It’s a good part of...
Earth or Not Earth, Revisited 7 Aug 2013 | 02:59 am
About a month ago I asked you to identify a section of landscape and tell us if it was a place on Earth or elsewhere in the solar system. And you all got it right! Not only that, but the commentors ev...
Hangout with “Discover the Cosmos” Conference 29 Jul 2013 | 02:28 pm
The Discover the Cosmos summer school and conference is taking place this week in Volos, Greece. Nearly 200 attendees are converging on the site from all corners of the world. While this is awesome, w...
The big picture and beautiful images: two upcoming classes! 23 Jul 2013 | 05:01 pm
We have two exciting online classes for you, coming up soon! For more information about these and other classes, see our CosmoAcademy page. CQX099 – The Big Bang and Our Dark Future Structure: Two w...
Designing Games for SCIENCE! 16 Jul 2013 | 12:07 am
Laura Burns and Natalie Metzger work on game pieces and boards. (photo by Christopher Miller) By the time the weekend was over, Pamela’s attic looked like a preschool exploded in a college dorm room....
The Atlanta Star Party and Us 8 Jul 2013 | 01:41 pm
We are very honored to share that this year’s charity Atlanta Star Party will raise funds for CosmoQuest in honor of Jeff Medkeff, the Blue Collar Scientist. Details Speakers: Pamela Gay, Nicole Gug...
#FlyAway: EWASS in Turku Finland 5 Jul 2013 | 09:46 pm
It’s summer and that means it’s time to travel. Well, actually, we travel year round, but… July is a particularly mobile month with Nicole (@NoisyAstronomer) going to CONvergence and the Astronomica...
Earth or Not Earth? 4 Jul 2013 | 12:54 am
We’ve just wrapped up our first weeklong workshop for teacher professional development using Terraluna, the educational unit that uses MoonMappers and teaches comparative Earth and lunar geology. The ...