Comets in Asteroids’ Clothes

I enjoy writing about astronomy exactly for the reason I once feared it: there’s so much we don’t know. There’s rarely any shame in asking about the nature of a black hole, for example, because scientists are grappling with it too. Usually, if I get confused while writing an astronomy story, it’s because I’ve stumbled [...]

Ever-courteous and vulnerable bats

Bats are in the news twice this week for two very different reasons: more has been revealed about their endearing social graces, and more is now understood about their unique vulnerability to windmills.
University of Maryland researchers announce in this week’s issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that big brown bats keep [...]

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