Celestron, one of the world’s best-known names in telescopes, is marking 2010 as its 50th anniversary year. While other telescope companies have reached this milestone, Celestron stands out for its current success (com pany president …

In January 2006, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft sped away from Earth as the fastest spacecraft ever launched. Earlier this year, New Horizons passed the halfway point to its far-flung primary target, the Pluto system. In …

Observations of individual galaxies, of clusters of galaxies, and of the cosmic microwave background suggest that most of the universe’s mass is in the form of dark matter – matter that does not emit any …

People think it s cool that I’m working on a proposal for a major new NASA Venus mission. But when they ask when it will launch and I answer, “If we’re lucky, perhaps around 2020,” …

When a meteorite fall occurs, meteorite hunters often just grab a map, a GPS, and head for the fall. While this works, there is a better way to plan an expedition using GIS (Geographic Information …

If sharks were not terrifying enough for the average swimmer, diver and surfer, flying sharks are sure to evoke a new sense of dread. False Bay in Cape Town is home to the only group …

Because of the elephant’s incredible capacity for knowledge, understanding, learning and insight, they have proved to be most useful to human beings. It has been supposed that India was the first place in which elephants …

While an understanding of bees and their habits is indispensable to successful beekeeping, a well designed beekeeping suit can take most of the worry out of the beekeeping process, a process whose origins are shrouded …

There are several owl pellet activities that can be done prior to, and after, the actual dissection of an owl pellet by a student. Depending on how these activities are approached, the activities can provide …

Every so often, there is an owl pellets sale that can be found online. Owl suppliers usually do this as a marketing scheme to attract buyers. This is actually advantageous because the competition translates to …