• Galaxy Springs a Leak

This interacting group contains several galaxies along with a "cosmic fountain" of stars, gas and dust that stretches over 100 000...

Blah, blah, blah . . . WACKO!

So you start reading what looks like a typical scientific journal article—lotsa names, unusual terms, not very clear what it's all abou...

Pale Blue Dot

Kold Killer Krater

Really. Planetary scientists have found evidence of a meteor impact in Antarctica much larger and earlier than the one that killed the din...

Bugger All

Sometimes there are discoveries on the Web that don't necessarily make you say, "Wow! Really?" but nevertheless make you stop ...

The stars cause influenza

Nope, that's foolishness. The word 'influenza' actually is derived from the medieval Latin influentia , meaning influence, becau...

The Sun never sets

Really. Then why do we call the beautiful daily events 'sunrise' and 'sunset'? It's astounding that we still use langua...