Cold Snap Up North
NASA’s InSight Mars lander keeps daily records of weather conditions at the Elysium Planitia landing site on the red planet. Last week saw daytime hig...
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Cold Snap Up North
NASA’s InSight Mars lander keeps daily records of weather conditions at the Elysium Planitia landing site on the red planet. Last week saw daytime hig...
Older than Dirt
Stardust discovered in a meteorite that landed in Australia more than 50 years ago is up to three billion years older than our solar system. These rem...
Older than Dirt
Stardust discovered in a meteorite that landed in Australia more than 50 years ago is up to three billion years older than our solar system. These rem...
Taking a Telescope to Galileo
Today is Galileo’s 456th birth anniversary. His iconoclastic reputation overshadows his basic raison d’etre at the time – to make a buck. He was a str...
Taking a Telescope to Galileo
Today is Galileo’s 456th birth anniversary. His iconoclastic reputation overshadows his basic raison d’etre at the time – to make a buck. He was a str...
Coming Attractions
Astronomers observing white dwarf stars see spectrographic signatures of previously orbiting gas giant planets. Our gas giants (Jupiter and Saturn) wi...
Coming Attractions
Astronomers observing white dwarf stars see spectrographic signatures of previously orbiting gas giant planets. Our gas giants (Jupiter and Saturn) wi...
49ers, Chiefs & Punxsutawney Phil
49ers, Chiefs & Punxsutawney Phil This Superbowl Sunday coincides with Groundhog Day – the first cross-quarter day of 2020 (half-way between winter an...
49ers, Chiefs & Punxsutawney Phil
49ers, Chiefs & Punxsutawney Phil This Superbowl Sunday coincides with Groundhog Day – the first cross-quarter day of 2020 (half-way between winter an...