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AAS Day 2: Google Sky, Google Earth, and the International Year of Astronomy
I have been trying to find the time to learn how to use Google Sky for astronomy outreach for the last year. My time is limited, and I have to admit that my early attempts were met with very ugly implementations, and I've been dieing to see what others are doing and...
AAS Day 2: Making Wishes come True
Earlier today I was giving a presentation on the IYA new media plans for next year. At one point, on behalf of the wonderful Adrienne Gauthier, I was talking about our plans (funding pending) for IYA in Second Life. After I said that "pending funding" sentence, Kris...
AAS Day 2: Bring It On
Nancy Atkinson and I determined that yesterday we lived a life time. Press conferences, public talks, the exhibit hall, the oral sessions, the plenary sessions - It all swept over us and through our fingers as we blogged and recorded and brought to life everything...
AAS Day 1: A moment of (not a) discovery
There was sudden burst of "OH WOW" in my heart when in this morning's press conference Steve Maran announced that he had word that LIGO had discovered a gravitational wave from the crab nebulae. I honestly have always worried if LIGO, with its ground-based nature,...
GLAST Delayed
During a NASA Town Hall meeting at AAS Dr. Morse made mention of GLAST being pushed back from June 5th until the 6th or 7th due to issues with the Delta II rocket. I later confirmed with Dr. Jon Morse that GLAST is being pushed back until at least the 6th or 7th of...
AAS Day 1: New Media at IYA on YouTube
Michael Koppelman took this nifty YouTube of yours truly. We'll be streaming on UStream more about this at 2pm Central.
AAS Day 1: Join Us Online!
Welcome to day 1 of the American Astronomical Society Meeting in St Louis, MO. It's 7am, and the day is about to begin, but before I go off and hang posters I want to give you a heads up on today's events. Over on Astronomy Cast Live a whole cast of characters are...
Me, You, UStream and Astronomy Cast Live
So, I seemingly dropped off the planet this week prepping for next week's AAS/ASP/IYA meeting in St Louis, MO. Sadly, Fraser had something come up and won't be able to make it, but Phil, Chris, and Universe Today writer Nancy Atkinson will be taking the meeting by...
Astronomy Cast Live and STS-124
The high energy Scott Miller is down in Florida covering the Launch of STS-124. Check out his coverage over on Astronomy Cast Live!
Astronomy Cast / Bad Astronomy / Galaxy Zoo / Blogger meetup in St Louis
Following the success of our meeting in Austin back in January, we're planning another meetup to coincide with the St Louis AAS meeting next week. If you're nearby, you'll find Phil, me, Chris , Michael and a host of other astronomical types in the K-Kitchen bar from...