Among some of the many men that have done great things are Robert Redford ( Oscar -winning actor), Michael Eskew (CEO of UPS ), Edwin Hubble ( Nobel Prize -winning astronomer; namesake of Hubble Telescope ), Tim McGraw (award-winning country...

In this article: All rights reserved, Hubble Telescope, Oscar, Nobel Prize, Edwin Hubble, Ralph Waldo Emerson, UPS, and Theodore Roosevelt

"There's no way to soften the blow, but the people who are saying this is going to happen are just completely wrong," said Philip Plait , an astronomer and myth debunker whose writings include the books " Bad Astronomy " and "Death...

In this article: Philip Plait, Pittsburgh, Physics, Bad Astronomy, and Colgate University

...exoplanet hunter. "This is the best possible sample available to date to understand what makes planet-bearing stars unique," says co-author Michel Mayor. The astronomers looked in particular at Sun-like stars, almost a quarter of the whole...

In this article: Lithium, European Southern Observatory, Nature, Michel Mayor, Big Bang, Neutron, Boron, and Beryllium

A new pop single featuring lyrics spoken by wheelchair-bound theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has gone on sale, as a tribute to his fellow astronomer Carl Sagan. Published: 8:00AM GMT 09 Nov 2009 A Glorious Down mixes dialogue from...

In this article: Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, Mathematics, Cambridge University, Muscular dystrophy, and Contact

November 9 would have been Carl Sagan's 75th birthday. To celebrate the man, his work and the awesome wonderment of science, Broward College in Davie , Florida is hosting the first ever Carl Sagan Day tomorrow (Saturday the 7th). If you're...

In this article: Boing Boing, Bad Astronomy, Cosmos, Florida, Altoids, Tin, and Phil Plait

...on Twitter - can actually make misinformation spread faster than good info, and how freaking hard it is to clean up once that happens. Phil Plait is an astronomer, author, blogger, and skeptic… which means you better have some good...

In this article: Phil Plait, James Randi Educational Foundation, Hubble Space Telescope, Discover Magazine, Sky & Telescope, James Randi, Twitter, and Uri Geller

...music hit! This year, in honor of what would have been his 75th birthday, a great group of sponsors will be hosting the first annual Carl Sagan Day on November 7th. The event will be held at the Broward College Central Campus in Davie ,...

In this article: Cosmos, Davie, PBS, Carl Sagan, E mail, Pale Blue Dot, Bad Astronomy, Florida, and Phil Plait

...million YouTube views), featuring cosmic imagery, Boswell 's ambient music, and the Auto-Tuned voice of Carl Sagan (with a guest appearance by Stephen Hawking ) marveling once again over the intricacies of physics and nature. "The sky calls to...

In this article: Carl Sagan, Hummer, Bill Nye, Physics, Tungsten, Christina O, MIT Press, and University of Florida

...project paying tribute to the great minds of popular science. "We Are All Connected," featuring Carl Sagan , Richard Feynman , Neil deGrasse Tyson , Bill Nye Created by Washington musician John Boswell , the compilation released this past...

In this article: Carl Sagan, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Richard Feynman, YouTube, Bill Nye, Apple pie, and Philosophy

Frank Kameny standing in front of signs once used during protests. June 2009 Dr. Franklin E. Kameny (born May 21, 1925 in New York City ) is "one of the most significant figures" in the American gay rights movement. In 1957, Kameny was...

In this article: Franklin E. Kameny, Washington, D.C., Mattachine Society, Frank Kameny, Mental disorder, Smithsonian Institution, and White House

...planets orbiting nearby stars have been detected since 1995, starting with a discovery made by the same team, led by Switzerland 's Michel Mayor , of a Jupiter -sized planet orbiting the star 51 Pegasi , 50 light-years away. (One light-year is...

In this article: Earth, USA Today, Jupiter, All rights reserved, Kepler, Gravitation, Astronomy, and European Southern Observatory

...for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere) opened bids to build for the ESO a 3.6-meter telescope at La Silla , Chile. Michel Mayor , from the Geneva Observatory , led a consortium to build HARPS, which was installed in 2003...

In this article: Earth, ESO, All rights reserved, Trademark, Michel Mayor, and Stephane Udry

This article is about the Italian-born astronomer. For his French-born great-grandson, see Jean-Dominique Cassini. Giovanni Domenico Cassini (June 8, 1625-September 14, 1712) was an Italian /French mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and...

In this article: Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Jupiter, Paris Observatory, Louis XIV of France, Saturn, Bologna, France, and University of Bologna

...a strange appearance -- one side is bright and the other is really dark, in a pattern that resembles the yin-yang symbol. The astronomer Giovanni Cassini first spotted the moon in 1671, and years later figured out it has a dark side, now named...

In this article: Saturn, NASA, Spitzer Space Telescope, University of Virginia, University of Arizona, and California Institute of Technology

By ERIC BERGER Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle Neil deGrasse Tyson will speak Thursday in Houston. • Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. • Place: Stafford Performing Arts Theatre, • 10505 Cash Road , Stafford This Thursday some of the...

In this article: Neil deGrasse Tyson, NASA, Houston, Recession, People Magazine, National Science Foundation, Mars, and American Museum of Natural History

...of another moon, Iapetus , which has a bright side and a very dark side, a pattern which resembles the yin-yang symbol. The astronomer Giovanni Cassini first spotted the moon in 1671. The dark side Cassini Regio was named in his honour. The...

In this article: Saturn, Earth, Phoebe, Giovanni Cassini, NASA, Hubble Space Telescope, and Titan

In this article: Saturn, Giovanni Cassini, University of Virginia, NASA, The Baltimore Sun, and Carolyn C. Porco

...formed by the explosion in the atmosphere had scattered miles over the desert, lost on the rocky plain. It was up to astronomer Peter Jenniskens to find them. Spotting Trouble NASA 's Near-Earth Object (NEO) Program, headquarted...

In this article: Peter Jenniskens, NASA, and Sudan