Welcome to the 144th Carnival of Space! For those of you who have participated in this weekly cosmic party, you know the drill, but if you're a newcomer, prepare yourself for an experience beyond measure. In a nutshell, Fraser Cain ...
Space weather prediction is a topic that is often overlooked in favor of more "exotic" studies, but is social media and the new solar missions making solar physics "sexy"?
The cast of The Core, looking baffled by bad science. Neutrinos? You're going to kill the Earth using... neutrinos?! That was the thought echoing through my brain during the November 2009 screening of Roland Emmerich's disaster orgy, 2012. However, I ...
What astronomy needs is a good road trip movie, and NOVA is happy to oblige with a new series, "The Pluto Files," which makes its debut this Tuesday, March 2, at 8 PM (ET/PT) on PBS. It's based on Neil ...
The Super Bowl is over, the Saints won, but most importantly, were the commercials any good? (Is it me, or is Danica Patrick wearing less and less clothing every year?) On Friday I gave a brief rundown of some of ...
As the Super Bowl weekend begins, excitement (or dread) is building for the infamous Super Bowl commercials that will grace our screens at half time. I'm hoping there might be one or two space-themed ads. Last year, the tire company ...
Fans of ABC's Lost are eagerly waiting tonight's premiere of the final season -- and those fans include a good number of physicists, such as Sean at Cosmic Variance. Last week he wrote an entire blog post about the physics ...
