Or, it may go through a stargate and come back in a few centuries seeking its creator.

Lots of people run Windows on Macs. I worked with an office that had dozens of 27" iMacs bootcamp’d to Windows. This is not at all unusual.

I wonder if there are sufficient usernames that are regular words so that you could compose a short story in Twitter using only tags.

Ya rly. This article reads like “how to do everything with one app ‘cause ain’t nobody got time to learn two apps.”

Neptune is also amazing. Aside from the planet itself, it also has a large weird moon with an atmosphere that’s begging for a closer look.

“I’m still trying to figure out whose life is the saddest: the guy playing the most boring card game all day, the guy taking pictures of the guy playing the most boring card game all day, or the guy writing about them both for Gizmodo.com.”

Does it come with a Star Trek uniform for Mae Jemison?

“It was about time anyway, so this is as good a reason as any”

Maybe the point is that after the poachers are done, all we’ll have left are robot elephants.

What I don’t understand is why the IAU doesn’t co-opt the “Name a star” scam for itself. There are many, many thousands of unnamed stars, minor planets, craters, and other outer-spacey objects. Instead of paying money to get a fakey certificate, give the money to the IAU and have the object named *for real* (with…

When Star Trek: Voyager was set to premiere, TV Guide referred to Tuvok as “the first African-American Vulcan”. Tuvok was 100% Vulcan — he has no roots in Africa, and probably has only been to America to attend Starfleet Academy.

Staying on British Spider-Men, listen to Tom Holland’s Spider-Man with your eyes closed — it sounds like a fairly bad Michael J. Fox impression.

That’s not what I said, but if that’s what you read, I’m glad at least you found it entertaining.

I envy your dark sky living, telescopic device owning world. You get the best show in the universe every night. Where I live I’m happy if I spot Venus once in a while.

Note: Every lunar eclipse is preceded (and succeeded) by a full moon.