All of a sudden, our neighbourhood might be getting a little more crowded. Next week the International Astronomical Union will meet at its annual convention. The hot topic? What defines a "planet"!? This is a very important question because thanks to more powerful telescopes... we have discovered a number of very large "rocks" (a.k.a. asteroids) …
Lost at Sea… for 9 months
Here is an amazing story from the BBC today. 3 Fisherman were picked up near the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific last week. They had been drifting in a 25ft boat for 9 Months!! They were fishing off of the Mexican coast.. their engines broke down... and so they drifted. They lived off rain …