Diamond Oceans Possible on Uranus, Neptune

OK, no juvenile jokes about this please. But this was too crazy not to share.

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Posted 1 month ago

10 Reasons the Apollo 11 Moon Landing Was Awesome | GeekDad

I have funny memories of the first moon landing... probably sticks in my mind more clearly because it was at my 7th birthday party. There was one relative there who might have had slightly too much brew, and he was still counting down when the module landed on the lunar surface. Anyway, read the article - it did feel great to be an American.

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Posted 7 months ago

Multi-Galaxy Collision Caught in Action | Wired Science

Hope nobody's getting hurt out there. It's a four-galaxy pile-up. The fifth galaxy at the lower right must be rubbernecking.

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Posted 8 months ago

Mount Rushmore's Starry Night

NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day site is always interesting...

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Posted 8 months ago

Lunar Probe Sends First High-Res Images | Wired Science

Great shots that were taken at the boundary between night and day.

“Accomplishing these significant milestones moves us closer to our goals of preparing for safe human return to the moon, mapping the moon in unprecedented detail, and searching for resources,” said LRO Project Scientist Richard Vondrak in a press release.

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Posted 8 months ago

Rain Zone Moving North: Scientific American Podcast

This 60-second podcast reveals that the rainiest zone on Earth is moving north. probably why our county is looking at another 2" of rain today. New York is becoming Seattle before our eyes!

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Posted 8 months ago