I want my hour back!
Seems a common sentiment, although not scientifically accurate.
Sunday, November 1st, 2009, marks the end of Daylight Saving Time (note: It is Daylight Saving Time, not Daylight Savings Time), where we need to move our clocks back one hour, preferably before retiring Saturday night. Thus, we get an extra hour’s sleep Sunday [...]
Our friends at the University of Utah’s Department of Physics and Astronomy have begun sharing images from their new observatory located high in the San Francisco Mountains just to the west of the little town of Milford, in Beaver County.
Last week I had the opportunity to spend some time with retired NASA astronaut Duane “Digger” Carey, who was visiting Clark Planetarium to speak to the public about his experiences as the pilot of the Space Shuttle Columbia during NASA’s fourth Hubble Space Telescope repair mission.
There’s an AP news story out today about astronomers announcing the discovery of 32 new planets orbiting stars other than our Sun. That’s quite a number for a single announcement!
I keep a little dashboard widget from NASA on my Mac at home that keeps a running score on the number of extra-solar planets that have [...]
This week’s Cosmic Quiz winner is Matt Raphael, who asked, “How many craters are on the moon?”
The quick and uninteresting answer is, “Too many to count.”
Here’s the longer and hopefully more interesting answer:
Clark Planetarium offers experience in conjunction with White House “Star Party”
Presentation features news feed of Presidential address, free activities
SALT LAKE CITY (October 6, 2009) – Tomorrow evening, President Obama will host a “Star Party” on the White House lawn. Clark Planetarium is excited to participate in this unique event, providing local residents a chance to [...]
It might sound like the latest disaster movie, but it’s for real. No, the moon isn’t going to crack apart (like in the movie “The Time Machine.”). It’s a booster rocket and a space probe that will impact the lunar surface near its south pole on Friday morning, October 9 in search of a precious [...]
Download the Former pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia to visit Salt Lake City (PDF)
Download the The LCROSS impact press release (PDF)
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