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Mar 04, 2010 - Space
Peter Michelson on how Fermi telescope opens a new window onto our universe
"Looking at the universe with gamma-ray eyes, this reveals places in the universe where particles are accelerated to very high energies and enormous amounts of energy are produced," says Michelson. >>
Feb 18, 2010 - Space
Alan Stern: ‘A Chihuahua is still a dog, and Pluto is still a planet’
"Our whole view of the solar system was turned upside in the 1990s when we discovered this plethora of Pluto-like planets. The fact is that it's our larger Earth that's the misfit," says Stern. >>
Feb 15, 2010 - Space
Neil deGrasse Tyson and the Pluto debate
Neil deGrasse Tyson talks about the museum exhibit that helped launch the debate a decade ago over Pluto. >>
Feb 15, 2010 - Space
Neil deGrasse Tyson on how the Pluto debate started
Neil deGrasse Tyson talks about the museum exhibit that helped launch the debate a decade ago over Pluto. >>
Feb 15, 2010 - Space
Ken Croswell and a February 2010 vote on Pluto as a planet
February of 2010 marks the 80th anniversary of the discovery of Pluto. Astronomer and author Ken Croswell told us how you can vote on whether Pluto should be a planet. >>
Feb 08, 2010 - Space
Bad Astronomy blogger Phil Plait on NASA’s future
"This is not the end of NASA's manned space program," said Plait about the new NASA budget. "I see this as a shake-up that is actually pretty important and may very well be needed desperately by NASA right now." which is what a lot of people have been saying on the web and elsewhere. I see this as a shake-up that is actually pretty important and may very well be needed desperately by NASA right now. >>
Feb 08, 2010 - Space
Tom Woods studies sun in super HD with NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory mission is studying the solar storms the drive our space weather here on Earth. >>
Feb 01, 2010 - Space
David Schlegel says BOSS will use ancient sound waves to map universe
"It's a very exciting time in astronomy right now, because we do have these big unknown questions about both dark energy and dark matter. Yet, at the same time, we now have these experiments where we're able to build, largely because of the technology that's available to us today, where we think that we might be able to get answers to these questions," says Schlegel. >>
Jan 18, 2010 - Space
David Paige measures extreme cold on surface of moon
According to Dr. Paige, a new thermal map of the moon shows the coldest temperatures in our solar system ever directly measured. >>
Jan 16, 2010 - Space
Neil deGrasse Tyson: ‘Learning how to think is empowerment’
Neil deGrasse Tyson is the recipient of EarthSky's Science Communicator of the Year award for 2009. He spoke with EarthSky's Deborah Byrd about why he spends so much time talking to people about science. >>
Jan 04, 2010 - Space
David McComas investigates heliosphere surrounding our solar system
"Having taken these first observations of the interactions at the edge of our solar system, and discovering this completely new ribbon of very bright emissions in a place that nobody expected it, just really shows how exciting this field of science still is," says McComas. >>
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