Bob Grant From 2017 to 2022, Bob Grant was Editor in Chief of The Scientist, where he started in 2007 as a Staff Writer. Before joining the team, he worked as a reporter at Audubon and earned a master ...

What galaxy is he in? Maureen Dowd approvingly quotes Senator John McCain’s Twittered mockery of $2-million in federal funding for the promotion of astronomy in Hawaii, because “nothing says new jobs ...

There’s a lot of exciting stuff happening in the next couple of weeks and months with astronomy — here and far. Get your calendar ready to mark down some dates. On February 18, the NASA Perseverance ...

You may not need this if you recall why 2000 was a leap year Most of us have a general idea as to why today is Feb. 29 instead of March 1, but until this morning, I, at least, had not been well ...

Before we had access to stunning photos of our galaxy from ground- and space-based telescopes, visionaries like Étienne Trouvelot’s captured celestial magic through their art Carolyn Russo Plate IV, ...

Scientists detected the merger of two extremely massive black holes. This merger created the most massive black hole ever observed through gravitational waves. The black holes' size and rapid spin ...

I read with concern the excellent article by Jason Swensen concerning funding adjustments that Utah’s colleges and universities are making, following a mandate by the Legislature (“Utah’s colleges on ...

Debra Fischer, Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy and former Dean of Academic Affairs, was tapped as the next director of the National Science Foundation’s Division of Astronomical Sciences. The ...

The Bloggies are coming! This is the Oscar, if you will, of blogs. You can vote for your favorite blogs, with topics like politics, crafts, tech, etc. But dagnappit, there's no science category. There ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. With a full moon as backdrop, the Griffith Observatory will play host ...