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Somewhat legendary science and culture blog 3 Quarks Daily has just announced the 3rd instalment of its science blogging prize. This year’s competition will be judged by physicist and writer Lisa Randall, which is awesome, and I hope to see some good physics writing given the nod.
All details are here, and you have until 31 May, 11:59 pm EST, to nominate your favourite online science writing in the comments of that same post.
Talking about science is tough. Luckily the Universe is a beautiful place and we astronomers can let our images do the talking. But many of the most accomplished photographers of the skies don’t do astronomy for money: they’re the thousands of people who love stargazing and spend night after night in search for the perfect picture of the Universe. This year, the Royal Greenwich Observatory, in association with the BBC Sky at Night magazine are organising an astrophotography competition, the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2009. Anyone with a keen eye and a nifty camera can submit their pictures to the competition and its associated Flickr group, in the following categories:
There’s a separate category for the under-16s. Prizes in all categories and conditions are listed on the website. A few of my fellow astro-bloggers (Will and Chris) are on the judging panel, as is astronomer extraordinaire Sir Patrick Moore.
If you’re more an astronomerof the arm-chair or office-bound type like myself, you can still enjoy the competition by checking out the images submitted so far on the Flickr site!
APOTY logo courtesy & copyright NMM/Royal Observatory Greenwich
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