I’m excited by this news release, especially as it connects to my “Cool Science” book, Astrobiology and my school visit talk and upcoming book Our Next Planet.
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Heidi Hammel Appointed AURA Executive Vice President
Noted planetary astronomer Heidi B. Hammel, who is best known scientifically for her studies of Uranus and Neptune and by the general public for her lively descriptions of the impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 into Jupiter in 1994, has begun a new phase in her career.
Beyond NASA’s Astrobiology Buzz: Is Arsenic Just One Possibility for Exotic Life?
The blogosphere and mainstream media have been buzzing for the past day or so about a new finding that changes our view of alien life. If you were looking for Little Green Men, you’ll be disappointed; but if you like 
my 2008 book on Astrobiology, then you’ll realize the scientific importance of this discovery.
Warning for Geo-engineers: SO2 may surprise you
I’ve blogged before about trying to avoid geo-engineering as a solution to climate change. We just don’t know enough about the complexities of climate to try relatively simple fixes, like adding sulfur dioxide to the atmosphere. The following news release from the European Space Agency’s Venus Express program ought to give us pause.
Oh, oh O/OREOS – Astrobiology Satellite
I don’t usually post news releases, but this one caught my attention because I wrote a book for young readers about the “Cool Science” of Astrobiology. A satellite with the delicious name of O/OREOS will be paving the way for serious testing of an important question in the study of life in space and on other worlds.
Science Book News
The Fall 2010 newsletter of my Science Shelf Book Review Archive is now online. And my newest book for young readers, 
Seven Wonders of Space Technology has rolled off the presses.
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SETIcon info — I wish I could go!
As the author of 
Astrobiology in Lerner’s mid-grade “Cool Science” series, I’d love to be able to attend this conference about The Search for Life in the Universe in Science Fact and Science Fiction.
I can’t afford the airfare and hotel, but perhaps a reader of my blog can go and send me an e-mail about it. Here’s the information.