Supernovae are among the most violent events in the universe, caused when a massive star runs out...
Michael Siegel
Michael Siegel is an astronomer living in Pennsylvania. He blogs at his own site, and has written a novel.
Does Omicron waning mean that COVID restrictions were wrong all the time and we damaged our country...
Today, while the news circulated, I saw libertarians, conservatives and liberals all citing P.J. O'Rourke's work and...
JWST will glimpse the first stars emerging from the primordial ooze, watch the first galaxies crash into...
The planet upon which we tread is a lot calmer than it used to be. But it...
If you are honest, natural immunity means your chances of catching COVID are 104%, 100% for the...
I'm going over the science of Don't Look Up, and much of what I talk about is...
The situation with Kristof’s residency reminds me a bit of the fictional island of “Mooslyvania” on the...
Parents need to be informed up front that most fetal gene testing positives are false and...
We are in a golden age of science. The vast majority of scientists who have ever lived...
This morning, JWST finally got its moment to shine. The spacecraft had a successful launch and deployment....
Omicron will go through the population very fast. By the end of February, everyone will either be...
In today's video throughput, I review one of the most influential movies in science fiction: the 1956...
One of the point I made in my recent Dune video was that the fervid imaginations of...
The TL;DR version on Omicron is: we don't know yet and anyone making definitive claims should be...
There have not, in fact, been more COVID-19 deaths under Joe Biden than under Donald Trump. Eventually,...
This year has been a veritable feast of turkeys. A games of clowns. A clash of klutzes....
I take off my critic hat and put on my scientist hat to see how the science...
The case for dark matter's existence has grown stronger with each passing year. But we have yet...
This week, I talk about the mystery of Astronomy and Fast Radio Bursts