“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 …
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 …
“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 …
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 …
Sometimes when I’m walking down the street or driving down the road I can’t help but sit back and think about what’s going on up there. You know. Alllll the way up there. In scary, dark space. And then I feel sorda lucky, to you know, …
Personally I think bobble heads are terrifying (I had a couple of weird experiences with roommates who had a few). Just the way they, um, stare back at you and their heads are all boppin’ around everywhere—it’s all very real and scary. But they’re also …
Wanna see the largest manmade structure in space? Well now you can! No telescope required. With help from NASA’s new alert system “Spot the Station,” people can sign up to receive e-mail, phone, and/or text message alerts when the space station will be visible from …
In case you’re trying to plan your comet-watching party a little early, Russian astronomers, Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok, have discovered a faraway alien comet via the International Scientific Optical Network that is expected to be viewable on Earth by November 28, 2013. So not this coming November, unfortunately, …
With all excitement about the Curiosity rover landing on Mars, everyone seemed to forget about the rest of the solar system. But the sun isn’t letting any old Red Planet stand in its way: the buoyant star of fire experienced a 500,000-mile filament (that’s huge, 2x the …