Traversing the Cosmos on the Web

It has been my pleasure to be a frequent contributor to a couple of Web-based outreach projects. One is the Carnival of Space, which is a virtual gathering of science writers who focus on astronomy and space science subjects. We all take turns hosting the Carnival, which is essentially a big collection of links to the past week’s blog entries on the topics. This week, Carnival #200 is hosted at The Next Big Future, a blog that focuses on many fascinating technologies that we hope to see in the future. It’s well worth surfing over and reading — you never know what you’ll find.

The other project I’ve been involved in is 365 Days of Astronomy — a daily podcast featuring contributions from people like me… and you… and others who love the starry skies.  I’ve done a number of these (I’ve linked to them up there on the tab that says “365 Days of Astronomy”), and I happen to know that the organizers are looking for volunteers to do some more podcasts. They’re easy to do and you get the satisfaction of having your name (and podcast) up there in lights on their page. If you’re interested, email the good folks at 365 Days of Astronomy at: info@365daysofastronomy.org — they’ll get you slotted into a date and help you get started.  Won’t you join me and the many others who have contributed our views of the cosmos to the world?