Why Evolution Is True » astronomy

Today’s photos come from reader Bill Dickens, whose notes and IDs are indented. You can enlarge the photos by clicking on them, and don’t miss the eclipse photo at the bottom. I’ve been cam...

https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2024/04/19/readers-wildlife-photos-2103/

Here’s a fun video with a range of sounds from an alligator to the loudest sound we know of, which you’ll have to watch to find out—and you’ll want to. (I have heard a white bellbird, and...

https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2024/04/16/loudest-sounds-ever/

Reader Don McCrady sent some lovely photos of the eclipse (I thought readers would send ’em in en masse, but it didn’t happen). Don’t captions are indented, and you can enlarge the photos b...

https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2024/04/10/readers-wildlife-photos-2095/

Today we have a batch of cool astronomy photos from reader Chris Taylor. Chris’s captions are indented, and you can enlarge the photos by clicking on them.  His captions are very good, and I h...

https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2024/03/20/readers-wildlife-photos-2075/

A “soft” landing of an uncrewed vehicle, built by NASA in conjunction with a commercial company, will take place this afternoon: 5:30 4:24 p.m. EST Jim Batterson gives the details and links ...

https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2024/02/22/uncrewed-moon-landing-this-afternoon/

Here, from NASA, is the path of the total eclipse that will take place on Monday, April 8, so you have about six weeks to prepare. (You did know there would be an eclipse, right?) And that means ...

https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2024/02/18/the-total-solar-eclipse-on-april-8/

Oops! Scientific American did it again, this time with an op-ed that could have been ripped from the pages of The Onion.  As is so common these days, the piece proposes that we change the langua...

https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2024/01/07/scientific-american-proposes-policing-the-language-of-astronomy-to-make-it-beautiful-and-elegant-as-well-as-inclusive-and-non-triggering/

Today we’ll have a mélange of photos that have accumulated over the past months from readers who sent in just a couple of pix. The captions are indented, and click on the photos to enlarge the...

https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2023/11/04/readers-wildlife-photos-1972/