Starship Asterisk*

I was 8 or 7 in 1959 and my memories are sooo volatile for that era, but I read a children's book on the moon. Something like, "The Little Golden Book of the Moon" but that's not it. I learn that days are two weeks and up to 250 degrees F and the night also two weeks and -250 F. Something ...

This is kind of thang I love on APOD. Take a break from all thing terrestrial unless you are looking down from orbit.

Chris Peterson wrote: Clusters demonstrate Newtonian physics. And you need nothing more than Newtonian physics to numerically model them, and the models behave just like what we observe.

So, "dark matter" (what the hell THAT is) has a no effect on globular clusters all?

http://mentalfloss.com/sites/default/legacy/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/irony-mark.jpg I like this one. http://mentalfloss.com/sites/default/legacy/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/irony-mark.jpg In the midst of the word he was trying to say, In the midst of his laughter and glee, He had softl...

The joke is I misread the "aster" in asternaut as in an asterism, not an asterisk. Did ANYBODY get it?

Sorry, this belongs in "Astronomically Bad Jokes". For to explain a joke is a failed joke.

YAY! APOD is back in Austin, Texas and all is right in the world!

I noticed that my default newbie title is "Asternaut". Is that because I am only standing in the line of sight of an astronaut and only appear to next to her even though she is far away?

Thank you, Astrotante. Hopefully the main site will be back soon with a new picture from Philae

I start my day, everyday, with APOD. For the second day in a row, http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html times out, no connection. http://www.nasa.gov/ is alive and well. Any news?

to quote Mr. Gerald "Little Milton" Bostock, as he wrote so long ago at the tender age of 8-years, "Kindly state the time of the year and join your voices in a hellish chorus. Mark the precise nature of your fear." and I will. i do not believe it is right to be happy in a time of...