Live from Jupiter
Just before midnight yesterday morning, the spacecraft Juno entered its orbit of Jupiter after a 1,740 million mile journey that began almost five years ago. The probe is designed to research the tempestuous atmosphere of the planet, and to learn…
Aliens vs. God
NASA is building a pretty strong case for the existence of aliens, but you could be forgiven for missing the news. Amid the excitement of New Horizons‘ flyby of dwarf-planet Pluto and the incredible photos it returned, it would be easy not to…
Pluto: Invisible made Visible
Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh, and it was classified the 9th planet from the sun. Until 1994, we didn’t even know exactly how big it was. And the highest-resolution image we had of the planet was this, taken…
Lunar Eclipse and Apocalypse
If it’s not cloudy where you live this morning, step outside and look at the moon. Don’t worry, I’ll wait. Isn’t that spectacular? This morning saw a total eclipse of the moon, and it was beautiful. In fact, if you…