Forecasters warn residents in hurricane prone areas to prepare for active season.The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration is predicting 13 to 16 named storms. Seven to nine of those are predicted to make landfall and three to five are … [Read more...]
Dreamy Lunar Eclipse, Tuesday, August 28th
Meet me in the pasture to watch this eclipse while the coyotes serenade.54 minutes after midnight PDT the moon enters earth's shadow.At first, there's little change. The outskirts of Earth's shadow are as pale as the Moon itself; an onlooker might … [Read more...]
US Climate Action Report – Very Bad News
This piece of bad news was dumped on Friday evening when most of the mainstream media was already gone for the weekend. They tried to sneak it by us so the Bu$h administration wouldn't get any more bad press. Too bad for them The Student Operated … [Read more...]
Wise Dems invest in the future
The Wise County Active Democrats planted a Shumard, red oak tree Saturday in Harmon Park to show that we are committed to the future and to improving the environment for the future generations.More pictures … [Read more...]
Watch this video
all the way to the end. You won't believe who the winners are. Thanks to Barry over at Liberally Lean … [Read more...]
The Brightest Supernova Ever
May 7, 2007: The brightest stellar explosion ever recorded may be a long-sought new type of supernova, according to observations by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ground-based optical telescopes. This discovery indicates that violent explosions … [Read more...]
Virgin birth
5 Komodo dragons born at British zooIn an evolutionary twist, the newborns' eight-year-old mother Flora shocked staff at Chester Zoo in northern England when she became pregnant without ever having a male partner or even being exposed to the opposite … [Read more...]
Comet McNaught
I mentioned this comet previously: Brightest Comet in 30 YearsSummary: Comet McNaught (C/2006 P1) swung by the sun on Jan 12th - 14th, and now it is emerging into the skies of the southern hemisphere. During its close encounter with the sun, … [Read more...]
Life and death in the Eagle Nebula
Cosmic Epic Unfolds in Infrared Eagle NebulaThis majestic view, taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, tells an untold story of life and death in the Eagle Nebula, an industrious star-making factory located 7,000 light-years away in the Serpens … [Read more...]