Interview: Mike Brown, author How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
The solar system most of us grew up with included nine planets, with Mercury closest to the sun and Pluto at the outer edge. Then, in 2005, astronomer Mike Brown made the discovery of a lifetime: a...
View ArticleAsteroid Named for Late Science Fiction Author Iain Banks
Science fiction fandom lost one of its brightest lights last month with the death of Iain Banks, creator of the "Culture" series, among other fantastic books. One of his fans, José Luis Galache, a...
View ArticleScience Writer Lee Billings On Our ‘Interstellar’ Search For Habitable Worlds
In the new movie Interstellar, brave astronauts set out to find humanity a new home among the stars. It's an exciting story, but what are the facts behind the fiction? For that we look to science...
View Article30-plus Geeky Musts on Page and Screen for Fall ‘16
With the heat of summer stubbornly dissipating, fall is sticking its head out around the corner just ahead. With this change of season that harkens to more wintry climes comes a bevy of options for...
View ArticleIn Honor of Astronomer Vera Rubin: 4 Books on Dark Matter
NASA (Public Domain) We’re very sad to report that astronomer Vera Rubin died today at the age of 88. Rubin’s work in the sixties and seventies charting the way galaxies rotate revealed — or rather,...
View ArticleScience Writer Lee Billings On Our Search For Habitable Worlds
Cover detail from Five Billion Years of Solitude/Penguin Random House © In the new movie Interstellar, brave astronauts set out to find humanity a new home among the stars. It’s an exciting story, but...
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