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Just about every two years, the planet Mars makes its closest approach to Earth... around 36 million miles ( Read more... )

My good friend (and forum co-admin) Phil Plait has been working on a super secret project for a few months. But now the project has been revealed in all its glory… it's a television show called "Bad Universe". Phil made the announcement a couple of days ago, but had to remove the video for technical purposes (or perhaps it's a vast conspiracy). ( Read more... )

http://news.discovery.com/dinosaurs/mass-extinction-europe.html

http://www.universetoday.com/2010/06/24/evidence-for-past-water-on-mars-keeps-flowing-this-time-from-glaciers/

And see Water Was Widespread Across Early Mars, But No Oceans | Universe Today

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/11jun_missingdebris/

http://www.universetoday.com/2010/06/03/new-impact-on-jupiter/

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After the famous Apollo 8 "Earthrise" image, comet Shoemaker-Levy 9's impact with Jupiter, in July 1994, strikes us as the most stark reminder of the fragility of our home. And the Hubble gave us the clearest pictures of just how destructive that collision was; those dark blotches are bigger than the Earth ( Read more... )

http://www.universetoday.com/2010/03/30/astronaut-explains-why-we-should-return-to-the-moon/

You can bet the Obama administration, Obama included, knows all this -- and that that is why they don't want the US to return to ( Read more... )

http://www.universetoday.com/2010/03/27/astronomy-without-a-telescope-say-no-to-mass-extinction/Read more... )

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2010/26mar_darkasteroids.htm?list737066

Nota bene: Change that "Fast forward about 65 million years" to "Fast forward about 150 million years" -- other than that, the article is fine. Brontosaurus, ( Read more... )