Time for, well, not a distraction so much as a palate cleanser: a truly phenomenal shot from Hubble of a galaxy that is rippling like a pond that had a rock tossed in it… because that's what happened! Kinda. And YES you want to grab the hi-res version.
Trump and the GOP are in a full-out war against science. I have a lot to say about that.
With the small asteroid 2024 YR4 still on the risk list for Earth impact, I wrote an explainer on how we know what the orbits of these objects are in the first place, and why the chance of one hitting us changes over time.
Is Pluto a planet? How many planets do we have in our solar system then? Turns out, *these are the wrong questions to ask*.
D O N ' T P A N I C A decently big (50-meter) asteroid called 2024 YR4 has a 1.2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Here's what we know, and why I'm not terribly worried about it.
YES, YOU *DO* WANT TO SEE THE MIGHTY 11,000 X 8,000 PIXEL IMAGE OF THIS NEARBY CLUSTER FULL OF GALAXIES UNLESS HAVING YOUR BRAIN LEAP OUT OF YOUR SKULL IN WONDER IS SOMETHING YOU *DON'T* WANT
Hi! I'm a Libra! Except not really. But the zodiac is a real thing, even if it's not at all what astrologers claim it is.
20 years ago today, a tiny neutron star reached halfway across the galaxy and slammed our planet with a gamma-ray hammer.
Wanna get away from the news, or maybe family? Then how about taking a deep dive into a quasar with me?
My book Under Alien Skies was just translated into Estonian! That's a 1st for me. You can get it at fine Estonian booksellers. Also? I really like this cover! image