Astronomer (SMU) a Hollywood Star

Saturday, July 5th, 2008 Posted in News, Space, Stuff | No Comments »

Saint Mary’s University observatory technician David Lane now has a star on the astronomy geek’s version of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He’s in good company too, with rock and roll’s Frank Zappa just one of the famous names to make ...

Asteroid Impacts On Earth

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 Posted in News, Planets, Space, Stuff | 1 Comment »

 A century ago this week, an event in far-off Siberia rang a cosmic wake-up call for Earth. That explosive event over remote Tunguska is generally viewed by scientists as a large space rock that pierced through the atmosphere of Siberia, ...