Skeptophilia

Ever heard of Eta Carinae ? If there was a contest for the weirdest known astronomical object in the Milky Way, Eta Carinae would certainly ...

Here in the twenty-first century, it's easy to deride the ancients for their belief that the Earth was the center of the cosmos, and eve...

The ultimate speed limit in the universe -- unbreakable, as far as our current understanding of science goes -- is the speed of light, 3x10^...

It's been awhile since we've have a truly goofy claim to consider, so to take a brief diversion from more serious issues, today I br...

Sometimes I enjoy mysteries just because they're mysteries. I ran across an astronomical curiosity yesterday that I'd never heard ...

Ever heard of Eta Carinae ? If there was a contest for the weirdest known astronomical object in the Milky Way, Eta Carinae would certainl...

Because the news down here on Earth in the last few days is making me angry, frustrated, depressed, or all three simultaneously, in today...

Because yesterday's post -- which was about a bunch of sinkholes in the Siberian tundra being evidence of aerial dogfights between rival...