Say hi to our big Sister, the Sun. And it is our Sister (or Brother if you like) and not our parent, as the Sun and the planets all formed...

Let our new temples be thermal solar collectors, generating clean electricity for a post-carbon world. Ramen.

These are the men of the future. Consider the men of the past. Think of a boy born in 1900, who grew up into a world of radio then TV. Thi...

My thoughts are with all those affected by today's bombing in Boston. No idea who's responsible at this time, but it doesn't m...

Think about it, really. Stop whatever it is you're doing (when you read the end of this paragraph), and think of this: Everything you ...

Io, 4th largest moon of Sol's System. It's just a bit bigger than our Luna, yet oh so different. For you see, Io is literally H...

An artist's representation of Gliese 667Cc, a lovely planet thought to be one of the first that resides in the so called "Goldilo...

The original Electric Mayhem, from left to right: Zoot (sax), Janice (lead guitar), Sgt. Floyd Pepper (bass, natch), and the beloved Anima...

So yeah, Furry sex doll, apparently - not the I knew these things beforehand, O Wicked Internet, what horrors you have shown me - very wel...

It's true. Jupiter is far bigger than all the other planets put together. Its system of moons and smaller moons and more little tiny m...

Happy New Years! One of my favorite holidays, tainted only by the fact it's based on a Christian calendar. But I can rise above that. ...

Saturn's auroras in time lapse sequence, taken by one of the most important science tools ever invented - ever! - the Hubble Space Teles...

Fun facts to know and share: Once struck by lightning, your odds of getting struck again go way, way up. It's as if lightning forever af...

For reals - many telescopes these days use lasers as tracking signals - the laser beam is shot at the target (it need not reach its target t...