Way later than 2001, space odysseys are under way (Austin American-Statesman)
In 1969, Neil Armstrong giant-stepped on the moon, "2001: A Space Odyssey" won a visual effects Oscar, "Star Trek" was a TV hit and a lot of us started mentally planning trips beyond the final frontier.
In print (Science News)
When you look up at the night sky, it's hard to imagine the violent, chaotic place the solar system was billions of years ago.
Exploding Asteroid Theory Gains Evidence (Universe Today)
About 13,000 years ago, woolly mammoths roamed the North American continent and the first known human society in that region, known as the Clovis civilization, lived there as well. But geologic and archeological evidence shows they both suddenly disappeared, and scientists have long debated the mystery of the mass extinction of both animals and [...]
