My friend Andy is an astrology buff. I am not. That's why I love it when he reminds Jim and I of the best nights that we can see the coolest things in the skies above. (You know like meteor showers projected for our area, eclipses, etc). I thought I'd share with you one of the coolest tools that Andy found. It's called Starry Night. It explains exactly which stars and planets are appearing right now above your house (or hotel, or boat, or camping tent... or wherever you might be). In … [Read more...]

With movies like Deep Impact and Armageddon, we've come to realize just how devastating a significant asteroid impact here on Earth would be.  But have you ever wondered what the odds are that we'll actually see an asteroid impact like the kinds we've seen in the movies? While we have seen some objects come within a relatively close millions of miles, there are a couple asteroids that have the attention of NASA scientists: Asteroid 1950DA has potential of hitting earth in the … [Read more...]