I thought they said that 2048 asteroid wouldn't hit the earth.
Don't worry about asking dumb questions, Bob. I'm the King of Dumb Questions, and I graduated from high school in '73.
I think Joshua should sign over all rights to me. Hey, you never know!
Dave, excellent message board. I'm one of the hated journalists (AME of a newspaper in Florida) but I have a fascination with all things astronomical...
Boris, Wow! Thanks very much for the explanation (and you're right -- I've had no such training). Very interesting.
Hmmm ... I'm a little confused by this idea of auditing the elements of a star via spectroscopy ... I mean, wouldn't only hydrogen, helium, and maybe...
A recent issue of The Planetary Report talks about science reporting in the media. Most reporters aren't scientists and can't distinguish between...
The Air Force has a project running that's cataloging all the NEO (Near Earth Objects) and their orbits. Maybe in the near future we'll know with a...
OK, how about a terrestrial-style planet with a 10th the volume of Jupiter? Wouldn't that produce the gravitational effects while avoiding the...
Well, Spadge, you may be right, but the "inquiries" about UFOs/ET you see on Discovery/TLC hardly qualify as exemplars of the scientific method....
OK, dumb question: When astronomers describe the new planets that have been discovered outside the solar system, they use the term "gas giant." This...
A couple of people mentioned life surviving on lunar artifacts ... I think those were mold spores -- still viable -- discovered on parts of one of...
With regard to gkooistra's light sail idea ... I dunno. Seems it would be really hard to keep an array of emitters online for such a long period of...
I don't understand the mindset behind pseudo-science media. Real science is every bit as compelling. For instance, a series could be done on the...
If their homepage doesn't have a contact address, call your local newspaper -- IF it publishes a TV guide. Sometimes the folks who put those things...
Not to mention all the bigfoot, Loch Ness monster, Lake Champlain monster, Bermuda Triangle nonsense they pass off as "science." It's really gross....
Probably the best (and possibly only) way for human beings to get from one star to another is to establish a permanent presence on a small body such...
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