astronomy
iPad Astronomy
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Star Walk for the iPad could quite possibly be one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. You can use the app to look at the solar system and learn any number of things about what you’re seeing. The coolest thing, [...]
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s the International Space Station?
There are times when astronomy amateurs stumble into the photo of a lifetime. For Pixeltop forum member labsmansid, that moment happened yesterday. He worried all morning that he may not even get the opportunity due to the massive cloud cover in his area. Luck was with him, though, when the skies cleared up less than [...]
Astronomy for Amateurs
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed During our open mic session at the last Gnomedex, my good friend Derek Miller came up on stage to show off some backyard Astronomy that his Dad has done. Derek reminds us all that you don’t have to work at NASA [...]
SkyVoyager for the iPhone
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Kevin has sent several videos to us that he recorded during Macworld 2010. This interview is showing us a demonstration of the SkyVoyager App. SkyVoyager accurately shows the sky from any location on Earth, at any time up to 100 years [...]
Death from the Skies: the End of the World?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Death from the Skies is an aptly titled book. It’s written by my good friend Dr. Phil Plait, otherwise known as the Bad Astronomer. It was written to explain all of the ways the World might end… scientifically speaking. Plait, an [...]
Where Do You Go for a Bit of Web Fun?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed When I was preparing to do a video on classic gaming, I wondered where I could send all of you to play high quality games. I then remembered a site that has tons of classic games, along with media fun. On [...]
Do You Want Some 3D Astronomy Software?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed You ever wonder what would happen if two planets got too close to each other? Or what if one of the planets in our solar system decided to spin out of control towards earth? Well now you can! Bwana did a [...]
What is the Best iPhone Astronomy App?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed One of the first things I bought from the App Store is a little program called Starmap. I’m an amateur Astronomer, and just love checking things out in the Galaxy. Sometimes when I’m looking at the stars, I don’t know exactly [...]
Microsoft’s Free Astronomy Software
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Even if you’re not really “in to” Astronomy, you really have to check this out. The things you will see are just amazing. Go ahead… I dare you. Open your eyes, broaden your horizons. You never know what’s out there waiting. [...]
Register or Name Your Own Star for Free
I received a random email from one of you (‘regnierericd’) this morning. It was one of those ‘Name a Star’ things. I was a little leery, so I passed it off to the best Bad Astronomer I know. Phil wrote back: Hey, nifty! I like this, they aren’t a scam like the International Star Registry. [...]
Astronomers eat Kittens, Scientists are Assholes
My friend, Dr. Phil “Cranial” Plaitt, is a really bad astronomer. He’s so bad, he’s been writing about things not related to astronomy: This may sound crass, but it’s true: it’s my blog, and I’ll write what I want to. If you don’t like it, there are lots of other sites about astronomy on the [...]
A Planet Nowhere Near Mars
I can point out several objects and constellations in the night sky: The Big Dipper The Little Dipper Cassiopeia Orion Orion’s Belt Orion’s Pocket Protector The Moon I’m a bad astronomer – but not as bad as my friend Phil. He’s the best bad astronomer. Actually, he’s really good, really smart, and really entertaining. The [...]
Apollo UFO
The Science Channel aired “First on the Moon- The Untold Story” this afternoon, and it’s full of holes – according to the Bad Ass astronomer, Phil Plait, and his NASA nerd friend, David Morrison. I really wanted to believe that Apollo 11 astronauts saw a UFO, but according to David at NASA: I just talked [...]
