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Computing the Eclipse: Astronomy in the Wolfram Language

Stephen Wolfram

Basic Eclipse Computation It’s taken millennia to get to the point where it’s possible to accurately compute eclipses. But now—as a tiny part of making “everything in the world” computablecomputation about eclipses is just a built-in feature of the Wolfram Language. The core function is SolarEclipse.

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Astronomy Tips for Star Gazers

STEM Education Works

Back when I was in graduate school, between researching the theoretical interior of neutron stars and teaching undergraduate physics classes and labs, by far my favorite thing to do was to host shows at the Kent State Planetarium. Spring and Outdoor Astronomy Tips. Astronomical Alternatives. Well, you’re still in luck. Dr. Jake Roark.

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Why Should Students Learn Computer Science? A Teacher’s Perspective

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If you participated in December’s Hour of Code, you may have come to realize the importance of Computer Science to students. Here’s Greg’s informed perspective on this question: Beyond job opportunities, why should all K-12 students learn about computer science? The same applies to computer science.

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What Should APCS A Really Be About?

Computer Science Teacher

Engineering, astronomy, physics, and business are just some of the areas where programming is growing as a tool. Not that we ignore algorithms of course but that APIs were the way computing was increasingly being done. That seems a recipe for turning students off from computing completely. Today it is not that simple.

Astronomy 205
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Why Should Students Learn Computer Science? A Teacher’s Perspective

Ask a Tech Teacher

If you participated in December’s Hour of Code, you may have come to realize the importance of Computer Science to students. Here’s Greg’s informed perspective on this question: Beyond job opportunities, why should all K-12 students learn about computer science? The same applies to computer science.

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Black holes: the meeting of gravity and quantum physics

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Black holes: the meeting of gravity and quantum physics. Dr Daniel Terno and his team at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, are building a framework of characteristics that can be used to search for black holes in the Universe, but their findings may challenge our understanding of the fundamental laws of physics.

Physics 68
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A superpowered model of the whole universe

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At Durham University in the UK, Dr Sownak Bose is using techniques from computational cosmology to uncover the mysteries of the early Universe. Simulations and observations Computer modelling has revealed that properties of the early Universe were strongly dependent on the properties of dark matter.

Astronomy 107