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Here’s a question…

Published Wednesday, 11 June, 2008 astronomy outreach , media , science writing 8 Comments
Chandra found the youngest supernova remnant in our Galaxy recently, but where did you hear it first?

I’m working on my presentation for the .Astronomy conference in September and I was wondering how many of you get (most of) your astronomy news direct from the source. I’m interested because it seems (to me at least) that more people nowadays go straight to the actual press release, for a given news story, than they use to. Is a press release really a press release anymore? So my questions are then…do you read the actual press releases when the news comes out? If you do, how much to you read about that story in ‘new’ media like blogs, Twitter etc. as well? Drop your answers in the comments for this post, I’ll be interested to see the feedback. Meanwhile you can visit the conference website here.

Image Credit: X-ray (NASA/CXC/NCSU/S.Reynolds et al.); Radio (NSF/NRAO/VLA/Cambridge/D.Green et al.); Infrared (2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF/CfA/E.Bressert)

WorldWide Telescope released

Published Tuesday, 13 May, 2008 astronomy outreach , media 0 Comments

It’s finally here. Microsoft have just released the WorldWide Telescope, available (for computers with Windows only) on the Microsoft website. I’m on a Mac at the moment so haven’t had a look at it yet, but I’m very excited about it. From what I’ve seen it looks pretty impressive and I’m sure this will prove to be an important tool for astronomy education and outreach.

The Sky At Night - We just don’t know!

Published Monday, 5 May, 2008 Sir Patrick Moore , Sky At Night , media 0 Comments

This month’s Sky At Night is about things we just don’t know about. Patrick is joined by Chris, Kate Land and Prof. Gerry Gilmore to talk about everything from what was before the Big Bang to dark matter and dark energy. The episode covers the topics of inflation as well as the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation and even why we are here at this time in the history of the Universe. You can catch the episode on BBC iPlayer here and again (extended by 10 mins) on various BBC channels.

BBC Sky At Night magazine podcast now on iTunes

Published Tuesday, 22 April, 2008 astronomy outreach , media , podcast 0 Comments

What the title says really. For those of you that want to subscribe it’s on iTunes here.

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Before becoming a full-time science writer in 2007, Will studied Astrophysics at University College London. He has written for the UK’s top astronomy magazines and has appeared on television and radio (including the BBC’s The Sky At Night) to promote astronomy and science. He has worked for the European Space Agency's Hubble Space Telescope press office in Germany and is a former News Editor of Astronomy Now magazine in the UK. Today Will writes for BBC Sky At Night magazine. His first popular astronomy book is due to be published by Springer in 2009. Follow Will's Twitter feed here.

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