FAS Astronomers Blog

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The FAS Astronomers Blog is a series of discussions about science, astronomy, the universe, and more.
It replaced the Young Astronomers Blog and Young Astronomers Newsletter.

Editors
Bruce Gavett (2020 – present) Young Astronomers Blog / FAS Astronomers Blog
Bob Patsiga (Dec 2015 – 2019) Young Astronomers Newsletter
Art Gormely (1993 – Nov 2015) Young Astronomers Newsletter

Archive of past blogs and newsletters

Most Recent Blogs

  • Asteroid 1, Dinosaurs 0

    FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 31, Number 15. The dinosaurs ruled the Earth for millions of years. Despite their dominance, the dinosaurs disappeared. The commonly accepted…

  • The Case of the Brontosaurus

    FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 31, Number 14b. When I was growing up, Brontosaurus was almost as famous as T. rex. However, Othniel Marsh made a…

  • The Case of the Velociraptor

    FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 31, Number 14a. The dinosaur in the movie Jurassic Park, called Velociraptor, was modeled after another dinosaur named Deinonychus. I guess…

  • Meet The Dinosaurs

    FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 31, Number 14. In this article, we’ll focus on several individual dinosaurs and tell you a little more about them. As…

  • The Classification of Dinosaurs

    FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 31, Number 13. As noted in An Introduction to Dinosaurs, Richard Owen (Owen 1842) created the designation Dinosauria meaning “Fearfully great…

  • An Introduction to Dinosaurs

    FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 31, Number 12. As you look around, you might notice that there are no dinosaurs, or at least what we think…

  • The Rise of the Vertebrates

    FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 31, Number 11. The Earth’s history is described by geologic time, which is broken into eons, eras, periods, and epochs. The…

  • A History of the Earth (Geologic Time)

    FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 31, Number 10. The history of the Earth is described by geologists using something call Geologic Time. This is a timeline…

  • The Making Of The Atomic Bomb

    FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 31, Number 9. Physics drives the cosmos. Okay, there is a lot of chemistry going on as well. But astrophysics is…

  • Owen Gingerich

    FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 31, Number 8. Astronomer Owen Gingerich passed away on May 28, 2023 at the age of 93. With his passing, we…

  • The Solar System

    FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 31, Number 7. We live in a solar system. So, just what is it? It is a star and all the…

  • The Multiverse

    FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 31, Number 6. This is part 5 of a 5-part series on the Universe (The Visible Universe, The Dark Universe, The…

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