Dates of sun’s entry into each sign of the Zodiac

Dates for the sun's entry into each sign of the Zodiac (and corresponding ecliptic longitude) for the year 2015.

NASA’s sounds are now on SoundCloud

It's very cool. Hear the sounds of space exploration history!

Electrifying view inside a cyclone from ISS

If you love extreme weather, outer space and photography, you'll love this image of lightning inside Cyclone Bansi in the Indian Ocean, taken from ISS.

2014 warmest year on record

NASA, NOAA, and Japan Meteorological Agency all report 2014 as Earth's warmest year since modern-day record-keeping began in 1880.

Success! Two men complete historic climb at Yosemite’s El Capitan

Two Americans have become the first to free-climb Yosemite National Park’s Dawn Wall, which has been called the hardest rock climb in the world.

NASA’s way cool retro posters for futuristic space travel

Making future travel plans .. with an emphasis on 'future?' Check out these exoplanet travel posters from NASA.

Dogs arrived in Americas only 10,000 years ago, says study

By associating with early humans, dogs enjoyed new foods and the relative safety of human camps. Eventually, dogs traveled the world with their two-legged masters.

Awesome new project Sounds of the Night

Project Nightflight in Austria has a new web platform, presenting not just astrophotos, but also the sounds they heard while capturing them. It's wonderful.

Video: Human population by the billions

When did our human population reach one billion? How long to add each billion after that, to bring us to the 7+ billion humans on Earth today? What's next?

Planetary alignment January 4 will make us weigh less? Of course not

The idea we will all weigh less and even experience a floating sensation due to a planetary alignment on January 4, 2015 (#zeroday) is entirely false. Sigh.