Tomorrow, March 20, NASA scientists will celebrate Sun-Earth Day 2009 with a special webcast revealing new information and images about our Sun and its influence on Earth and the solar system. Sun-Earth Day is recognized each year in conjunction with the spring equinox.
The webcast, which will be broadcast live on NASA’s Education Channel at 1 p.m. EDT, will showcase scientists Eric Christian, Nicky Fox, Terry Kucera, and Sten Odenwald, who will share new discoveries and visualizations about the Sun and participate in Q&A sessions from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Adler Planetarium. Participating students will have the opportunity to demonstrate personally designed sundials while others will monitor the Sun and preparing their own space weather forecast.
The program will also include an introduction on the safe use of a telescope for solar observing and a look back in history at Galileo’s relationship with the Sun.