Science News Roundup: The Big Splat!
Our top news this week: Earth may have once had two moons, raising important questions about the future of Tatooine.
Science News Roundup: The Bright! Shiny! Objects! Edition
A mini-moon for a mini-planet, the universe in biological terms, and other news of the week.
Science News Roundup: Shuttle Program Signs Off
My husband was kind of sad yesterday. When I asked why, he pointed out that he grew up just under two miles from Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He went to school with the kids of the shuttle astronauts, and one of his Sunday School teachers was an astronaut.
Yesterday the space shuttle landed for the final time.
“Do all astronauts fly in space with just their helmets on?”
After watching an episode of WordWorld in which Frog and three Piglets play hockey on the moon wearing nothing but a helmet, my daughter wanted to know if this behavior was typical. “Do all astronauts fly in space with just their helmets on?” So I showed her a picture of Neil Armstrong in his space suit. “Why do they need all that?”
Science News Roundup: Stuff that caught my eye this week
The final space shuttle launch, a neuroscientist takes on the criminal justice system, and other new of the week.
Science News Roundup: Stuff that caught my eye this week
How to build a dinosaur and other news of the week
Science News Roundup: Stuff that caught my eye this week
Massive solar flares, a dog who adopted some ducklings, and a dinosaur mystery soon to be solved
“Is there an asteroid in our sky?”
Turns out there’s an awful lot of space stuff in the sky above Earth. Including some rather sizable asteroids.
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