There is a rumbling in your tummy.  You must be hungry.  Go get something to eat.  There!  Satisfied?  You ate, and there is still a shake in the area.  It isn’t your stomach.  It seems to be coming from the ground.  If you live in the Midwest, it could be a tiny earthquake.  The Midwest [...]

Tags: Earth, earthquake, gas, Midwest, oil, USGS

As humanity has gazed up to the heavens on clear nights, the sky is full of activity and life.  The familiarity and consistency has almost become mundane in it expected awesomeness night after bright, flickering night.  The world has come to know the expected sky with its stars, planets, and the old rock cycling its [...]

Tags: Earth, moon

The time of year yearned for by those braving the cold, relentless winter is finally upon us.  Days are finally getting longer.  This is a positive reality since we just lost an hour of day recently when we must “spring forward” for daylight savings time.  Everyone could use a little extra daytime to soak up [...]

Tags: daytime, Earth, season, spring, sun, sunlight, time, vernal equinox

Odd things are occurring out there.  Looking up in the sky displays a bountiful amount of items to watch away from where you stand.  The universe presents many amazing, mellow, and at times, frightening illustrations of physics at play.  This holds true everywhere including our own solar system.  The sun has been active lately in [...]

Tags: Earth, solar activity, solar flare, sun

Looking up in the sky becomes more and more important as humanity discovers the potential celestial hazards that are whizzing by Earth at supersonic speed with no regard for the safety of our little blue planet.  It is in no way uncommon that planetary bodies float around in space with the constant concern of rogue [...]

Tags: asteroid, Earth, sun

There is a lot of stuff out there in the universe.  There is a lot of stuff just outside our planet.  Earth has been dealing with a growing problem with space junk that seems to be getting only worse and worse.  There are many objects just floating around that should probably just go away.  What [...]

Tags: Earth, space

Pictured: Solar activity displaying cycle     Earth’s Sun is making headlines a lot lately.  As it turns out, the sun is not finished just yet, and not by any means.  According to NASA, the show is just getting started.  It was just last week that the solar flares were in the news for causing [...]

Tags: borealis, Earth, Mayan Calendar, Mayans, sun

Our little blue planet floating along in space is constantly under threat from flying space particles hurling their way at us.  Unlike games like the arcade classic “Asteroids,” we cannot move the planet about in space to avoid collision.  I also don’t believe that any collision would result in space junk halving itself, but I [...]

Tags: asteroids, Earth, space