Skeptophilia

If I had to pick my favorite episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation , the clear winner would be "The Inner Light."  Some classi...

Today's science news involves something called the Chandrasekhar Limit . Stars live for most of their lives in an equilibrium between tw...

If I had to pick my favorite episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation , the clear winner would be "The Inner Light."  Some classi...

I remember when I took Quantum Physics as an undergraduate, many, many (many) years ago, my professor, Dr. John Matese, was fairly disparagi...

This week we've focused on some cool scientific discoveries, which is, honestly, my happy place.  So we'll round out the week with a...

We've learned a lot about our own galaxy by studying our "sister galaxy," Messier-31, better known as the Andromeda Galaxy .  ...

Today's intriguing mystery comes from the realm of astronomy, with a colossal explosion in a distant galaxy  that has scientists scratch...