Bizarre facts capture my imagination faster than hockey scores or baseball stats. Could it be that I’m a closet geek? You tell me while I tell you a few arcane tidbits that’ll get you ignored faster than telling someone you’re an undertaker at a normal cocktail party. But this is… Continue reading
I answer a lot of questions from kids and adults when doing an outreach presentation. Here are a few of the more frequently asked questions. Let’s start with a question from the adults: What’s the difference between the asteroid belt and the Kuiper Belt? A few years ago that question… Continue reading
In 1979 three scientists suggested that their might be oceans of water beneath Europa’s ice-cocooned surface. Since their article was published in Nature Magazine 37 years ago there have been numerous attempts to fund a mission to Europa, the second moon out from giant Jupiter. Now it looks like NASA… Continue reading
