These pages chronicle the work and ruminations of Carolyn Collins Petersen, also known as TheSpacewriter.
I am CEO of Loch Ness Productions. I am also a producer for Astrocast.TV, an online magazine about astronomy and space science.
For the past few years, I've also been a voice actor, appearing in a variety of productions. You can see and hear samples of my work by clicking on the "Voice-Overs, Videos and 'Casts tab.
My blog, TheSpacewriter's Ramblings, is about astronomy, space science, and other sciences.
Ideas and opinions expressed here do not represent those of my employer or of any other organization to which I am affiliated. They're mine.
Visit my main site at: TheSpacewriter.com.
**Comments are welcome; I do moderate them to weed out spam.
Contact me for writing and voice-over projects at: cc(dot)petersen(at)gmail(dot)com
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Blog entry posting times are U.S. Mountain Time (GMT-6:00) All postings Copyright 2003-2011 C.C. Petersen
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Blogroll
- 21st Century Waves - Technology Booms and Human Expansion Into the Cosmos
- About.Com Space/Astronomy
- Adot’s NotBlog
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- Badastronomy.Com
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- BLooloop: CCP
- Captain Disillusion
- ChandraBlog - Chandra X-ray Telescope
- Cosmic Log
- Cosmic Mirror
- Cosmic Variance
- Cosmos4u
- Discovery Space
- DP’s Astronomy Blog
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- Friends of the Griffith Observatory
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- Kids Directory
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- Observing the Sky
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- Prince of Pithy
- Science Made Cool
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- Solar System Watch
- Space Times News
- Space Weather FX Vodcasts
- Star Stryder
- Stop Unethical Recission
- String Theory
- The Daily Galaxy
- The Mathroom (possibly NSFW)
- The Meridiani Journal
- The Planetary Society Blog
- The Way Things Break
- TheCrotchetyoldfan
- Truth
- Understanding Science
- Universe Today
Astronomy in the News
It’s Happening Every Day
Welcome to the page for my October 13, 2010 episode of 365 Days of Astronomy. In that episode I discuss some astronomy topics that make the news fairly regularly — such as the ongoing discovery of extrasolar planets, the study of black holes and tracking impacts on Jupiter. There are many “hot” topics in the news when it comes to astronomy and space exploration. I get a daily (or semi-daily) round of press releases from all kinds of research institutions, ranging from the Space Telescope Science Institute, NASA, European Space Agency, and others — all touting the latest discoveries. Eventually those stories make it into the news you see in the media. Finding astronews isn’t hard, although the mainstream media outlets don’t seem to know what to do with such news. On CNN, if it’s published it all, it comes under “tech”…you kinda have to dig for actual science stories there. But, there are many better places online for straight science news without to wade through the “here’s the latest techno-wiz toy” or “the war between operating systems” stories.
Here are some links to online science news s0urces that are reliable and on target. Check ‘em out!
Astronomical Society of the Pacific’s Astronomy Behind the Headlines
And, there are many more. Each of these sites has links to other places with science news. Check ‘em out!
This blog a wholly pwnd subsidiary of Carolyn Collins Petersen, a.k.a. TheSpacewriter.
Copyright 2008, Carolyn Collins Petersen
Inama Nushif!
Image of Horsehead Nebula: T.A.Rector (NOAO/AURA/NSF) and Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA/NASA)
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