Erica Mather • Jun 08, 2016 •
Scientists from the University of Auckland have signed up to join the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) project, one of the most ambitious astronomy projects ever undertaken. The LSST is a purpose-built telescope equipped with the world’s largest digital camera at 3,200-megapixels, which is able to take snapshots of the night sky the size of 40 full moons. The … Read More
Peter Griffin • Mar 12, 2014 •
The reviews are in for Neil de Grasse Tyson’s reboot of the classic Carl Sagan TV series Cosmos and the reception has been overwhelmingly positive. The first episode of the series, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey debuted on Sunday night in the US with an estimated 8.5 million people tuning in to watch it across Fox … Read More
Peter Griffin • Feb 10, 2014 •
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/86239791[/vimeo] Sciblog’s Editor’s Picks The Dismal Science – Why inequality? Mis.cience – Visualising science and engineering Code for Life – A remade Cosmos coming soon Molecular Matters – Evolution vs. Creationism … Read More
Grant Jacobs • Feb 06, 2014 •
A remade Cosmos Carl Sagan’s Cosmos—both the book and the documentary series—were inspirational for many. Well-known American astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson* is hosting a new take of Sagan’s tour and paean of the cosmos, titled Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey. It’s showing in early March in the USA; hopefully it will make it’s way to … Read More
Aimee Whitcroft • Dec 07, 2011 •
[Original post on the Sciblogs The Official Sciblogs Podcast site] Another week, another collection of brilliant stuff to talk about. This week, Elf and aimee talk about groups. Well, mostly groups, but also weta, astronomy, learning and why we don’t have a cure for AIDS. As for groups – we look into how StarCraft 2 [...] … Read More
Michael Edmonds • Sep 27, 2011 •
Today I received a copy of Cosmos in the mail. 740 minutes of Carl Sagan describing the universe in his inimitable style! Unfortunately I don’t have time to watch it all in one sitting but the small amount I have watched so far is fascinating. I have just recently read Dr Sagan’s biography by Ray Spangenburg and Kit Moser. Read More
Aimee Whitcroft • Jun 20, 2011 •
I think we can all agree that NASA is pretty awesome*. Additionally to their being involved in brilliant things like shuttles (well…), space stations, rockets, telescopes and other goodness, their engagement with the public (viz. other earthlings) is not bad at all. They have a website, photo galleries to make one … Read More