Famous physicists’ takeaways
The Night Sky...
Behold the cycles of astronomy and nature
The rarest rhythms in the sky…
It’s dusty
The most common solid in the cosmos?
The Milky Way neatly splits the sky from north to south in September
Eyes on the skies..
Local spectacles
Enough fooling around. You’d like to see something amazing. A celestial spectacle that doesn’t require a telescope or star chart.
No eclipse, but maybe some meteors
The eclipse will be invisible from all of North America...
Femtosecond realities
We’re only aware of events if they don’t happen too quickly...
Science from your car
Fun on a summer drive, if you like science...
Blue: Your favorite color
At least that’s what surveys of adults show...
Outer space clickbait
Science journalists naturally want their readers excited, but...
The no-death cosmic model
At Memorial Day parties last weekend, I saw many faces I’d known from a half-century ago when I first...
Are we destined to be forever stuck on planet Earth?
Getting away...
Mars meets the Moon
Coming up this Saturday night...
Special Moons
For countless centuries, the Full Moon had great importance...
Getting your mind blown
Many of us seek out thrills...
Equinox activities
Day and night are equal...
A pretty total eclipse
Next Thursday night, March 13, we’ll see a total eclipse of the Moon...
Killer asteroid?
Let’s look at the actual facts...
Falling fastest
We stick to Earth's surface without giving it a thought...
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