Having read A Brief History of Time somewhere over a year-long astronomical reading binge not too long ago along with watching Netflix’s streaming of Stephen Hawking’s television series Into the Universe, I became acquainted with the cosmologist and his black hole studies—who, by reading his work,…
“Thousands of people flood the streets to look at Manhattanhenge” Leave it to the genius that is Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson to coin the term “Manhattanhenge” based on his stonehenge research in the British Isles, referring to the two time a year phenomenon when the sunset…
When he’s not directing and starring in Westerns or movies about weed-smoking bears, he’s doin’ the universe a HUGE favor by making Carl Sagan’s entire documental archive available on the Library of Congress website. Previously you could access the 800 or so documents, letters, articles,…
I don’t know if you guys knew but apparently it’s been really cold or something lately? As we continue undergoing the polar vortex I can’t help but think about Albedo. Most of my friends would look at me like I was a total nut if I casually brought…
What I love most about science is things are constantly changing and nothing is really ever certain, making the universe even more of a mind boggling “thing” than it is already. And over at Michigan State University a group of researchers may have unlocked some…
“We don’t know yet why this system formed this way, but we have the feeling that this is a key system in understanding planetary formation in general and the formation of the solar system in particular” – Dr. Juan Cabrera, the Institute of Planetary Research…
“It’s lonely out in space” Forget for one second all the technicalities and technologies of modern astrophysical science; forget verisimilitudes—in fact don’t take into account anything before you go see one of this year’s most talked about films Gravity (sorry, Neil deGrasse Tyson), because that’s not…
“Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.” —Carl Sagan, The Demon Haunted World Reading a book by Carl Sagan leaves one mystified with all of the wonderment (and terribleness!) in the universe, while somehow finding some hope through all of…
Last July when scientists discovered Pluto’s new moon the Carl Sagan Research Center decided later to leave it up to we the people to vote for P4’s new name. And I mean, just how are you supposed to narrow something like this down, when it’s obvious…
Oh boy. In the case of end of the world theories, it’s always a little painful to think about what could be. Because who really knows? But it’s always a little more striking to hear of scientific evidence that Asteroid 2012 DA14, capable of wiping out a good…