Podcast: Citizen Sky with Rebekah Turner

We have a new (belated) podcast on the feed! Michael, Doug and Mike regale us with their wit and humor and then Mike interviews Rebekah Turner about the Citizen Sky project.

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New PBS Video-Journey into the Sun

fyi:
–Ben
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Hi- We thought your readers might be interested in this new video about the sun. You can watch it online now, just click on the link.

Journey into the Sun
http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/journey-into-the-sun

Scientists at Stanford University and Lockheed Martin are playing pivotal roles in a nearly billion-dollar NASA mission to explore the sun. A spacecraft launched in early 2010 is obtaining IMAX-like images of the sun every second of the day, generating more data than any NASA mission in history. The data will allow researchers to learn about solar storms and other phenomena that can cause blackouts and harm astronauts.

We also have a Sun Quiz: Test your knowledge about this mysterious, awesome and most vital of stars.

This video and quiz are from QUEST, a science show at KQED, the PBS station in San Francisco. You can embed the video and quiz on your site. You’ll find the code to embed the video on the videos’ web site to the right of the video player under “embed this video”.

Thanks for your time.

Sevda
Sevda Eris
KQED Public Media – QUEST Science Series
2601 Mariposa Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Tel: 415-553-2835
Email:seris@kqed.org
www.kqed.org/quest

starrycritters.com

news to me dept.

Nice astro eye-candy site.

–Ben

starrycritters.com

The ancient peo­ples saw pic­tures in the sky. From those pat­terns in the heav­ens, ancient sto­ry­tellers cre­ated sto­ries about heroes, maid­ens, drag­ons, bears, cen­taurs, dogs and myth­i­cal crea­tures. What kid doesn’t see drag­ons and angels in the clouds while lying in warm grass on a sum­mer after­noon? What grown-up doesn’t wish upon a shoot­ing star? So lie back and imag­ine the ani­mals, insects and pat­terns swirling in these Hub­ble Space Tele­scope, Spitzer Space Tele­scope and other obser­va­tory images. We believe the expla­na­tions are best suited for par­ents, edu­ca­tors and upper-grade stu­dents. Par­ents of younger chil­dren may find it help­ful to explore the uni­verse together with their child. Par­ents can use the explana­tory text as a guide. Inter­act with the images and find your own pat­terns in the stars. Con­jure your own sto­ries and set­tings and share them. Leave a com­ment on the site about what you see in the images. We love to share your stories

http://www.starrycritters.com

Cut by Saturn’s Shadow

more from Saturn
–Ben

http://twitter.com/carolynporco

Witness one out-of-this-world vista…from Cassini at Saturn. So glad I’ve lived to see such sights! http://bit.ly/bZI0vP

http://www.ciclops.org/view/6300/Cut_by_Saturns_Shadow?js=1