Blog Post 1: (09/01/2019) Hello! My name is Jesse Rodriguez and I am a senior here at UNC! I don’t really have any astronomy experience other than the occasional Netflix documentary. I am a Nutrition major and hoping to get into a second degree Nursing program here in the spring. I’ve pretty much always wanted… Read more

Blog Post 13: In this final episode of the Blog series, Neil DeGrasse Tyson discusses how far humanity has been set back in the past due to events such as the destruction of the library of Alexandria and the crusades, which lead to a mass genocide of intellectual scholars. Tyson also discusses the interstellar journey… Read more

Blog Post 12: In this episode, Neil DeGrasse Tyson discusses how life has developed on earth and the potential of other life in the Cosmos. Tyson emphasizes DNA as a structure that can help us explain the evolution of life on earth. After describing the origin of life on earth and how material can “transfer”… Read more