Every year, twice a year, the earth is tilted just right relative to its path around the sun that we have exactly 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night. This is called an equinox and it happens in
Taking a Tesla Roadster for a Spin in Space
In case you missed it, on Tuesday, February 6, 2018, SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy rocket to deliver a test payload of Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster into heliocentric orbit AND successfully returned the booster rockets for a perfect landing. The first
The Eclipse was Awesome! Now what?
The kids and I made it to Newberry, South Carolina on Monday for a wonderful eclipse experience. We hung out on Main Street with Eric from Maryland and his solar telescope along with a bunch of other really nice people.
Solar Eclipse 2017 for Kids (and their parents)
You can hardly turn around with running into hoopla about the upcoming solar eclipse in the US but in case you missed it – the big day is Monday, August 21, 2017. The good news is that in 7 years
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Super Moon!
On the night of September 27 the moon will be putting on quite a show for the northern hemisphere. We will have a harvest moon, blood moon, and Supermoon eclipse! One might wonder if this happens once in a blue