Astronomy

The woman in question did not blind me with science. Rather, despite her repeated warnings against it, I blinded myself by staring directly into the sun during a solar eclipse.

You might not remember when Russia launched Laika into space in 1957 and left her for dead. But Laika remembers.

With the rise in conspiracy theories, so rises your extended family’s interest and “knowledge” in all things space! There may be a point during your next family gather where someone will proclaim “The moon doesn’t rotate! Otherwise we’d see the dark side!” Congratulations! It is now your job to provide a simple but informative lesson on gravity and centripetal force.

Neptune, for it’s part, shouted “don’t make me come out there” when it heard the moons bickering in its orbit.