SKY GUIDE: This map represents the night sky as it appears over Maine during May. The stars are shown as they appear at 10:30 p.m. early in the month, at 9:30 p.m. at midmonth, and at 8:30 p.m. at mo… [+8297 chars]
A Criminal Code amendment in Canada means the country's astronauts will no longer be allowed to commit crimes in space. I'm not sure exactly how popular crime is beyond the Earth's atmosphere, but … [+2652 chars]
There’s an old joke that the dinosaurs are only extinct because they didn’t develop a space agency. The implication, of course, is that unlike our reptilian ancestors, we humans might be able to save… [+4868 chars]
When you think of the largest giant marine reptiles, you probably visualize the Mosasaurus, a massive, alligator-like creature that made a big splash (figuratively and literally) in "Jurassic World."… [+1111 chars]
The fossils of three ichthyosaursgiant marine reptiles that patrolled primordial oceanshave been discovered high up in the Swiss Alps, and include the largest ever tooth found for the species, a stud… [+3491 chars]
A partially eclipse sunset captured by expert eclipse photographer Jörg Schoppmeyer as seen from ... [+] Vina del Mar in Chile on April 30, 2022. Jörg Schoppmeyer (used with permission) Yesterday … [+3769 chars]
NASA's marsquake-hunting lander has detected its two largest seismic events to date, reports Scott Dutfield for Space, thanks to the most sensitive siesmometer ever designed. "Not only are they the … [+1930 chars]
This week, we have three launches in all, one from Rocket Lab and two from SpaceX. All of the launches will be focused on orbiting satellites so they’re not too exciting, however, it’s interesting to… [+2421 chars]
