In November 2014, Tanith Lee wrote this dedication for her collection Dancing Through the Fire (which Fantastic Books published in September 2015): "To Philae-and her Mother-Ship, Rosetta-Who danced through the fire, the ice, the dust and the shadow, to bring about the first landing… On a Comet."

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day has something ( Read more... )

Fascinating astronomical observation from NASA. Read the press release, click the link to see the picture, and then tell me if it might actually be a Romulan warbird decelerating from warp speed ( Read more... )