The very, very small planet.
NASA’s Kepler mission scientists have discovered a new planetary system that is home to the smallest planet yet found around
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Radical Distortion: How Emotions Warp What We Hear by John W. Reich (book review).
I wasn’t really sure about John W. Reich’s book, ‘Radical Distortion: How Emotions Warp What We Hear’, as it took
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Lunar Rover: 1971-1972 (Apollo 15-17; LRV1-3 & 1G Trainer) Owners’ Workshop Manual by Christopher Riley, David Woods & Philip Dolling (book review).
The ‘Lunar Rover: 1971-1972 (Apollo 15-17; LRV1-3 & 1G Trainer) Owners’ Workshop Manual’ has a fascinating history. The vehicle, not
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Meteor strike in Russia wounds hundreds!
A meteor strike has just blasted Russia, wounding hundreds in the city of Chelyabinsk, and it is believed to be
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When rotating stars explode.
New data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory suggest a highly distorted supernova remnant may contain the most recent black hole
Read MoreDrilling on Mars… what the heck will they discover?
NASA’s Curiosity rover has, for the first time, used a drill carried at the end of its robotic arm to
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A Down To Earth Guide To The Cosmos by Mark Thompson (book review).
Mark Thompson’s book ‘A Down To Earth Guide To The Cosmos’ is a practical guide to astronomy. Hardly surprising as
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Our Future World by Curt Stager (book review).
‘Our Future Earth’ will make more sense from its sub-title ‘How The Planet Will Change In the Next 100,000 Years’.
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A Matter Of Porridge: a matter of taste by: GF Willmetts (article).
The housebreaker and thief colloquially called by her alias Goldilocks, because of her straw blonde hair, started it all. After
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Enter… the planet-maker star!
A star thought to have passed the age at which it can form planets may in fact be creating new
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