Lucy's curmudgeonliness reaches literally astronomical proportions here:

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When I was little and just starting out in the ways of geekdom, there was a thing called the International Geophysical Year, or IGY.* The idea of a year devoted to worldwide research of such a thing made a big impression on my young, ever-curious mind ( Read more... )

The Leonid meteor shower always falls on my birthday, give or take a day. I hope the weather is nice for it this year. A few years ago -- I think 2000 -- they were predicting it to be extra special, but we had a heavy fog and I think I saw *one* meteor.

This article predicts: A brief surge of activity is expected begin around 11:45 p.m. ET ( Read more... )

It's not exactly earth shaking, but scientists say the moon burps. It's about evidence of volcanic activity on our friendly local satellite.The researchers focused on a D-shaped area first noticed by the Apollo astronauts, called the Ina Structure ( Read more... )

The November 2006 issue of Sky & Telescope arrived at our library today ( Read more... )