Archive for Space
What everyone knows about asteroids
Terraforming Mars and atmospheric pressure
The Martian (book and movie)
A few weeks ago, I decided to take a look at the book of The Martian. I hadn't had much...
Star Trek science
I've seen a couple of people complain about the new Trek movies not being very scientific, which led me to...
Leonid meteors tonight and tomorrow night
BDan writes: The Leonids will be at their peak tonight and tomorrow, so go out and take a look (just...
Favorite constellation?
What's your favorite constellation, and why? (A question asked last night while we were stargazing.)...
You would think I had seen a meteorite shower
Went out to look for Perseids about 45 minutes ago. I had read that peak brightness would be between 9...