Skeptophilia

Something odd happens when we consider scales much larger or smaller than our ordinary experience; our imagination fails. It's why peopl...

If you're the kind of person who likes having your mind blown by superlatives, astrophysics is the science for you. I ran into two reall...

Cosmic ray  is a catch-all term for the high-energy particles that constantly bombard the Earth's upper atmosphere.  The majority of the...

Ever heard of TON 618 ? I hadn't until a few days ago, which is surprising considering my dual fascination with (1) astronomy, and (2) t...

Because I'm writing this in the last hours of the Trump presidency, and my other alternative is to become so anxious about what his foll...

When I was a kid, I always enjoyed going on walks with my dad.  My dad wasn't very well educated -- barely finished high school -- but w...