Aug 01
Galaxies NGC 5216 (top right) and NGC 5218 really do look like they are connected by a string. Of course, that string is a cosmic trail of gas, dust, and stars about 22,000 light-years long.
Aug 01
Turning the Phoenix Mission’s confirmation of water ice on Mars into a thought experiment on the search for little green men (or at least some super microbes)a legit sci-fi geek offers an instant analysis on two diverging worlds-scientific research for alien life (losing funding) and open-source fanaticism for alien intelligence (losing credibility