Making sense of that black hole
In truth, that wasn’t a photo of a black hole. Nor was it the first ironclad proof that they exist. And it didn’t finally prove that Einstein was right.
All posts by Bob Berman
Chemtrails again: Part of a losing battle?
A third of the population is at least partially convinced of an ongoing, health-threatening government spraying program that does not exist.
What’s the (dark) matter?
If the dark matter is an entirely new form of material, unlike the baryonic matter that comprises our bodies and our planet, then we have been demoted
once again, big-time.
The end of the world is coming
On Friday, April 13, 2029 (yes, Friday the 13th!), the asteroid Apophis will just barely miss us.
Surprises about the returning Sun
Our cloudiest month is November, but we are currently in the midst of a happy transformation.
Closest Moon of the year
The media will call it a Supermoon, astronomers will call it lunar perigee, and Hudson River tides will be stronger than usual.
What’s in a name?
We caught a lucky break with the clouds, and were able to see the total lunar eclipse the other week.
The body electric
We all know that brains and muscles operate electrically. But almost no one seems aware that our body’s electricity has very quirky, variable characteristics.
Favorite numbers
Why does each cell in our body have 90 trillion atoms, roughly the same as the number of stars in our home galaxy cluster?
Pattern recognition: 2019 brings forth cycles of nature
In 2019, our region gets one fabulous total lunar eclipse – in just a few weeks, on January 20.
