• Thanks to Science We Now Know How Our Bodies Keep Time

    Thanks to Science We Now Know How Our Bodies Keep Time

    I have been waking up increasingly earlier and earlier.  As someone who loves sleep, especially in the morning, this is disturbing to me.  I’m not talking 9 am, folks.  I’m talking 5 or 5:30 am.  My alarm clock is scheduled to go off at 6 am every day, but for some reason, my body tells me…

  • NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Will Actually Fly Into Saturn

    NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Will Actually Fly Into Saturn

    The NASA spacecraft Cassini is making its way back to earth, which has been the plan for months now, but the sad news is that it won’t survive the trip.  Cassini has been on a 13 year mission, and now the spacecraft will be making the plunge into Saturn’s atmosphere.  And with that, it will…

  • Is It Possible That the Sun is Throwing a Tantrum Right Now?

    Is It Possible That the Sun is Throwing a Tantrum Right Now?

    Over the past few days, massive sunspots on the surface of the Sun have made their presence felt here on Earth.  The spots, which appear as dark regions on the Sun’s surface, are areas where the Sun’s complex magnetic fields affect its outer layer.  And this could signal the possibility of solar flares and coronal…