Skeptophilia

At the last Tompkins County Friends of the Library Used Book Sale, I picked up a copy of Donald Yeomans's fascinating book titled Near-E...

Lately I've been seeing a lot of buzz on social media apropos of the Earth being hit by a killer asteroid. Much of this appears to be wi...

Ever heard of 3753 Cruithne ? I hadn't, which is surprising considering my obsession with astronomy.  It's an asteroid which is in a...

I've been interested in rocks since I was a kid.  My dad was a rockhound -- more specifically, a lapidary, who made jewelry from such se...

I've written more than once about astrology, a slice of woo-woo that has never failed to impress me as the most completely ridiculous mo...

Today's post is a scientific puzzle that -- so far -- doesn't have an answer. I'm sure you've all had the lovely experience ...

Because we all clearly needed something else to worry about, today we have: the mega-asteroids of doom. This comes up because of a new pro...

I've written more than once about astrology, a slice of woo-woo that has never failed to impress me as the most completely ridiculous mo...