Dean Regas
Dean Regas has been the Astronomer for the Cincinnati Observatory since 2000. He is a renowned educator, a national popularizer of astronomy and an expert in observational astronomy.
Dean is the co-host of Star Gazers, a new twist on an iconic backyard astronomy program made famous by Jack Horkheimer, which airs on over 100 PBS stations around the world. He is a Contributing Editor to Sky and Telescopemagazine and a contributor to Astronomymagazine, where he won 2008 “Out-of-this-World” Award for astronomy education. Dean has written over 120 astronomy articles for the Cincinnati Enquirer, blogs for the Huffington Postand is regularly featured on television and radio.
Since 2012 Dean has been a frequent guest on National Public Radio’s Science Fridaywith Ira Flatow, and his first book, Facts From Space! hit the shelves in October 2016.
At the Cincinnati Observatory he has developed his skills as a dynamic writer and public speaker who brings the complicated field of astronomy down to Earth for students of all ages.
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NASA undertakes so many studies and projects that often they call on “citizen scientists” to assist them. Dr. Marc Kuchner , astrophysicist and NASA’s... -
For this episode, we start at the end…that is, the topic is the end of everything. Dean Regas and Anna Hehman welcome Katie Mack , a theoretical... -
Gary Jordan is a Public Affairs Officer at NASA and the creator and host of the podcast, Houston, We Have A Podcast . He joins Dean Regas and Anna... -
Cosmos is one of the most recognizable names in science TV and books. Just before the pandemic set-in, Dean Regas and Anna Hehman had the chance to talk... -
After a pandemic hiatus, Looking Up is back with new episodes! Dean Regas and Anna Hehman host remotely and spend this episode getting caught up on what... -
In this episode of Looking Up , the man who makes science sexy every Friday afternoon. Ira Flatow , the host of public radio's "Science Friday," joins... -
In this episode of Looking Up , Shankar Vedantam , NPR science correspondent and host of the podcast and weekly show Hidden Brain , joins Dean Regas and... -
In this episode of Looking Up , hosts Dean Regas and Anna Hehman share memories of some of their favorite science shows growing up before welcoming one... -
In this episode of Looking Up , hosts Dean Regas and Anna Hehman discuss space travel and Dean reveals his favorite astronaut. Then they are joined in... -
**AUDIO NOTE: We weren't in our home studio for this episode so we apologize for the audio issue during the first 90 seconds or so.** Mike Massimino...
