# Bob Berman > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bob_Berman > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bob_Berman.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Berman > Source revision: 1338397947 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American astronomer and writer}} {{Hatnote|For other people named Robert Berman, see [Robert Berman (disambiguation)](/source/Robert_Berman_(disambiguation)). For the American auto racer, see [Bob Burman](/source/Bob_Burman)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2025}} thumb|Bob Berman at IdeaFestival 2009 '''Robert Berman''', known as '''Bob Berman''', is an American [astronomer](/source/astronomer), author, and [science popularizer](/source/Popular_science). He runs Overlook Observatory in [Woodstock, New York](/source/Woodstock%2C_New_York), USA. He was an [adjunct professor](/source/adjunct_professor) of astronomy at New York’s [Marymount College](/source/Marymount_College%2C_Tarrytown) located in Westchester County, from 1996 to 2000{{Citation needed|date=March 2017}} and has appeared on ''[CBS This Morning](/source/CBS_This_Morning)'', the ''[Today Show](/source/Today_(NBC_program))'', and the ''[Late Show with David Letterman](/source/Late_Show_with_David_Letterman)''. ==Biography== In 1976, Berman founded the Catskill Astronomical Society. From 1986 to 1994 he created and directed the summer astronomy program at [Yellowstone National Park](/source/Yellowstone_National_Park). He was the "Sky Lights" and "Night Watchman" astronomy columnist for ''[Discover](/source/Discover_magazine)'' from 1989 to 2006. He was ''[Astronomy Magazine](/source/Astronomy_Magazine)'''s "Strange Universe" columnist between January 1992 and February 2024{{cite web |title=Astronomy magazine author index 1973-2000 |url=https://www.astronomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Astronomy-Magazine-1973-2000-author-index.pdf |website=Astronomy.com |publisher=Firecrown Media |access-date=14 February 2026}}{{cite journal |title=Astronomy |journal=Astronomy Magazine |date=February 2024 |volume=52 |issue=2 |page=10}} and remains a contributing editor{{cite journal |title=Astronomy |journal=Astronomy Magazine |date=March 2025 |volume=54 |issue=3 |page=4}}. He also is the astronomy editor of ''[The Old Farmer's Almanac](/source/The_Old_Farmer's_Almanac)''.{{Cite web |url=http://www.digital-almanac.com/digitalalmanac/2009/?pg=84 |title=The Old Farmers Almanac - 2009 - Outdoors (Page 82) |access-date=2010-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603084740/http://www.digital-almanac.com/digitalalmanac/2009/?pg=84 |archive-date=2009-06-03 |url-status=dead}} He has led [aurora](/source/Aurora_(astronomy)) and [eclipse](/source/eclipse) expeditions as far away as the [Arctic](/source/Arctic) and [Antarctic](/source/Antarctic). Berman conducts a weekly radio broadcast, "Skywindow", and a monthly, hour-long call-in show on [Northeast Public Radio](/source/Northeast_Public_Radio).{{cite web |url=http://www.wamc.org/search.html?cx%3D008306176399346225959%3Aechwtlks1eq%26cof%3DFORID%3A11%26ie%3DUTF-8%26q%3Dbob+berman%26sa%3DSearch#1032 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-03-29 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728171154/http://www.wamc.org/search.html?cx=008306176399346225959%3Aechwtlks1eq&cof=FORID%3A11&ie=UTF-8&q=bob+berman&sa=Search#1032 |archivedate=2011-07-28 }} He was keynote speaker at Starfest 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.nyaa.ca/index.php?page=sf.presentations|title=NYAA|first=North York Astronomical|last=Association|publisher=}} He is also heard nightly on Slooh.com == Bibliography == {{Incomplete list|date=April 2022}}{{bots|deny=Citation bot}} * {{cite book |ref=none |author=Berman, Bob |others=Illustrations by Alan McKnight |title=Secrets of the night sky : the most amazing things in the universe you can see with the naked eye |location=New York |publisher=Morrow |date=1995 }} * {{cite journal |ref=none |author=Berman, Bob |author-mask=1 |date=July 1995 |title=Slipping toward Vega |department=Night Watchman |journal=Discover |volume=16 |issue=7 |pages=40 |url=https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/slipping-toward-vega |url-access=limited }} * {{cite journal |author=Berman, Bob |author-mask=1 |date=August 1995 |title=Moon showers |journal=Discover |volume=16 |issue=8 |pages=41 |url=https://www.discovermagazine.com/moon-showers-14132 |url-access=limited }} * {{cite book |ref=none |author=Berman, Bob |author-mask=1 |others=Illustrations by Alan McKnight |title=Secrets of the night sky : the most amazing things in the universe you can see with the naked eye |edition=Paperback |location=New York |publisher=Harper Perennial |date=1996 }} * {{cite journal |ref=none |author=Berman, Bob |author-mask=1 |date=January 1996 |title=Your stars in 1996 |department=Night Watchman |journal=Discover |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=14 |url=https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/your-stars-in-1996 |url-access=limited }} * {{cite journal |ref=none |author=Berman, Bob |author-mask=1 |date=February 1996 |title=The last great evening star |department=Night Watchman |journal=Discover |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=37 |url=https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-last-great-evening-star |url-access=limited }} * {{cite journal |ref=none |author=Berman, Bob |author-mask=1 |date=April 1996 |title=Just a coincidence? |department=Night Watchman |journal=Discover |volume=17 |issue=4 |pages=39 |url=https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/just-a-coincidence |url-access=limited }} * {{cite book |ref=none |author=Berman, Bob |author-mask=1 |title=Cosmic adventure : a renegade astronomer's guide to our world and beyond |location= |publisher=Morrow |date=1998 }} * {{cite book |ref=none |author=Berman, Bob |author-mask=1 |title=Strange universe |location= |publisher=Henry Holt, Times Books |date=2003 }} * {{cite book |ref=none |author=Berman, Bob |author-mask=1 |title=Shooting for the Moon |publisher=Lyons Press |date=2007 }} * {{cite book |author1=Lanza, Robert |author1-link=Robert Lanza |author2=Bob Berman |name-list-style=amp |title=Biocentrism : how life and consciousness are the keys to understanding the true nature of the universe |location= |publisher=BenBella |date=2009 }} * Berman, Bob (2011), ''The Sun's Heartbeat: And Other Stories From the Life of the Star That Powers Our Planet''; Little Brown, {{ISBN|978-0-316-09101-5}} * Berman, Bob (2014), ''ZOOM: How Everything Moves, From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees'', Little Brown, {{ISBN|978-0-316-21740-8}} * [Lanza, Robert](/source/Robert_Lanza) and Berman, Bob (2016), ''Beyond Biocentrism: Rethinking Time, Space, Consciousness, and the Illusion of Death'', {{ISBN|978-1-94295-221-3}} * Zapped: From Infrared to Xrays, the Curious History of Invisible Light (2017) Little Brown {{ISBN|978-0-316-31130-4}} * Earth-Shattering: Violent Supernovas, Galactic Explosions, Biological Mayhem, Nuclear Meltdowns, and other hazards to Life in our Universe (2019) Little Brown, and Company ({{ISBN|978-0-316-51135-3}}) * The Grand Biocentric Design: How Life Creates Reality by Robert Lanza, Matej Pavsic, Bob Berman (2020, Benbella Books, {{ISBN|9781950665402}}) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://skymanbob.com/ Bob Berman's website] *[http://ww.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1748285 "Spring Sky Show", ''NPR''] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Berman, Bob}} Category:Living people Category:20th-century American science writers Category:20th-century American astronomers Category:Astronomy education Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:American nature writers Category:American male non-fiction writers Category:Discover (magazine) people Category:21st-century American science writers {{US-astronomer-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Bob Berman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Berman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Berman?action=history)). 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