Look Mom: A New Planet

About a year ago, a red speck appeared next to a brown dwarf star in the Hydra constellation. The European Southern Observatory eyed this red dot with its telescope in Chile. Scientists speculated this speck might be a previously unknown planet. It would seem they were right.

Swampthings on Mars?

As if scientists needed another tantalizing indicator in their search for extraterrestrial life, the recent evidence of methane gas, apparently rampaging along the surface of Mars, gives them the catnip needed to buzz more about it.

Blog Networks and Blog Ownership

I've been following on with interest and fascination at John Battelle's emerging FMPublishing project. John is attempting to build a publishing company ...