I’ve seen a handful of news outlets reporting that Chicago, Minneapolis and International Falls are “Colder than Antarctica!” and “Colder than Mars!” I’m not making this up, either. As if exclaiming that the “Polar Vortex is back with a vengeance” wasn’t bad enough… I get it. It is cold. But preying on people’s misunderstanding is cheap. And a bit shady…. Read more →
The lunar eclipse will start as early as 9:30p on the east coast as the moon starts to move behind the Earth penumbra. According to NASA, “At 8:41 p.m. PST (11:41 p.m. EST), the Moon will be completely inside the umbra, marking the beginning of the total lunar eclipse. The moment of greatest eclipse, when the Moon is halfway through… Read more →
From NASA: Listen to Martian wind blow across NASA’s InSight lander. The spacecraft’s seismometer and air pressure sensor picked up vibrations from 10-15 mph (16-24 kph) winds as they blew across Mars’ Elysium Planitia on Dec. 1, 2018. The seismometer readings are in the range of human hearing, but are nearly all bass and difficult to hear on laptop speakers… Read more →
The Perseid meteor shower started in mid-July, but will peak during the next few days, before coming to an end in late August. The Perseid meteor shower is one of the best meteor showers of the year. It forms from debris that trails the comet, 109P/Swift-Tuttle. The comet was discovered by Lewis Swift and Horace Tuttle back in 1862. According… Read more →
