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Things We Saw Today: The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Is A Goner
Sweet, s’more revenge. Apparently, no one told him about the Twinkie. (Reddit via BuzzFeed) Artist Megan Lara has a bunch of prints featuring some of our favorite female geek icons, like Starbuck. (At...
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Even NASA Can’t Resist Making Green Lantern References
As we near the release of that one movie, it seems references to it are everywhere, whether it’s someone trying to pawn off a giant piece of tacky jewelry for $1000, or the upcoming Muppets movie...
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Astronomers Have Discovered a Real Version of Tatooine
To your left is an artist’s rendering of the newly-discovered planet, Kepler-16b. And if you’re wondering if those are two moons, you are mistaken — they are two stars, similar to two suns. Described...
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The Bright Moonlight That Inspired Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein Was...
Once upon a time in 1816, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin gathered alongside Lord Byron, John Polidori, and the man who would become her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley. A group of ambitious and creative...
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R.I.P. Patsy Tombaugh, Pluto’s Crusader
While we readily admit to nostalgic sympathy with the tiny planetoid known as Pluto, when the International Astronomical Union gets together and finally puts a definition on “planet,” well… that’s...
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The Transit of Venus: Ignore All That Advice About Not Looking At the Sun...
It’s time for one of those rare instances when the planets and star of the universe align in a certain way that none of us will ever see again in our lifetimes. Unless we have time lords among us, of...
View ArticleWatch 9 Billions Years of the Universe Condensed Into 80 Seconds
The universe is, to say the least, mind-blowing. The above computer-animation is kind of like a visual representation of that, created at Harvard from a software called Arepo and simulating “9 billion...
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Star Wars Has Lied to Us: Traveling Through Hyperspace Would Actually Look...
Also, there is just no way you can measure Force sensitivity with a blood test. I refuse to accept that. George Lucas, you’ve tricked me for the last time. Physics students at the University of...
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SETI Asks the Internet to Name Pluto’s Smallest Moons, Is Probably Already...
…But the names have to be related to Greek mythology, specifically to Hades (or, as the Romans knew him, Pluto) and the underworld. And no, the fact that listening to NyanCat for too long makes one...
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The Lowest Mass Planet Directly Imaged Outside Of Our Solar System Is Pink
The image above may look like part of the advertisement for Mars Explorer Barbie, but it’s not. Scientists were recently able to directly observe and acquire and image of planet GJ 504b. GJ 504b is...
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Gallifrey Falls No More: Scientists Discover a Planet that Shouldn’t Exist
Yes, there is a petition to name it Gallifrey. This can be reason two hundred thousand or so for why space is awesome: Astronomers have discovered a planet the existence of which flies in the face of...
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The Hunt for Aliens Just Got a Boost
Or, to put things in more scientific lingo, it’s been discovered that stars’ “Goldilocks zones” are bigger than previously thought. Which means we’re more likely to find A) aliens and B) a place for...
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This Day In Geek History: Pluto Was Discovered Today in 1930
We little humans on our floating rock discover celestial bodies long after they were born — we kind of can’t help it — but when we do, the date is a big deal to us. On this day in 1930, astronomer...
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New Type of Itty-Bitty Stellar Explosion Discovered
We love explosions, don’t we? Especially when they’re a) on TV or b) very far away from us. In this case, crazy far away, because I’m talking about supernovas – those spectacular events wherein a star...
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Watch a Black Hole Feed on Its Planet-Sized Prey [Video]
We were too far away to try to stop it. All we could do is watch, helpless, horrified, and secretly delighted, as the event unfolded beyond our reach. The crime: A black hole 47 million light years...
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Look To The Skies! Watch Saturn Make A Beautifully Close Approach To Earth...
1.3 billion kilometers is a great distance, but tonight consider it relatively close. That’s how far away close Saturn will be to the Earth tonight. What does that mean for you? It means that with a...
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Disappointed By the “Super Moon?” Here’s Why: It Isn’t “Super” - Don't go...
It’s Super Moon Weekend 2013! The Moon is at it’s closest point to the Earth all year, plus it’s a full! The Moon’s gigantic! Huge! Enormous! Except — it isn’t. For as much hype as “Super Moons” get...
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New Data on Extraterrestrial Cloud Cover Could Double the Number of Habitable...
There may be something like 60 billion potentially habitable planets in the Milky Way galaxy alone. Just let that sink in for a minute: 60 billion. If it seems like an unusually high number, it’s...
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The Moon and Venus Snuggle Up Close Tonight, Here’s How and When to See It in...
Tonight you’ll be able to see a beautiful view of the Moon and Venus next to each other in the sky. Sure, they’ll still actually be millions and millions of miles away from each other, but it’s all...
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Here’s How to Catch Tomorrow’s Rare Solar Eclipse, Backyard Astronomers! -...
Tomorrow morning there’s going to be a super-rare type of solar eclipse, and – if you’re lucky enough to live in the right places – you can check it out for yourself. Here’s how and where you can...
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