The meteor that exploded in a brilliant burst of flame above the Bay Area on Wednesday was a lonely remnant from the birth of the solar system.
Astronomy News
Oct 28 2013
Oct 19 2012
Volunteers from College of San Mateo caught images that assisted in determining the path of the meteor that exploded over the Bay Area on Wednesday.
May 24 2012
The solar eclipse on May 20 provided some spectacular images captured by CSM Astronomy students, CSM Astronomy Professor Darryl Stanford and Ed Pieret from the San Mateo County Astronomical Society.
Jul 8 2011
San Mateo Heads To Arctic Circle To Study Mars (video)
Mar 24 2011
CSM student Luis Alvarez has been selected as an intern for the San Mateo Arctic Research Telescope (SMART) Project to participate in an astronomy research project that will include field travel to the High Arctic.
Mar 8 2011
San Mateo and Hillsdale high school students have teamed up with their teachers and professors at College of San Mateo to develop a tool to identify star types, a star’s radius and its distance from the Earth by analyzing the energy a star emits.
Feb 25 2010
CSM Professor of Astronomy Darryl Stanford and Lab Technician Dean Drumheller have been selected to participate in the NASA/Infrared Processing and Analysis Center Teacher Archive Research Program.
Feb 11 2010
The team headed by science teacher Sally Seebode is studying a mysterious binary star system as participants in the NASA Infrared Processing and Analysis Center’s Teacher Archive Research Program.
