actressBorn: 12/8/1953Birthplace: Athens, Georgia Former Breck shampoo girl turned actress, Basinger has often found her way into the spotlight. In 1989, she bought the town of Braselton Georgia,…
The Question: What was the first sports event to be broadcast on television in color? The Answer: It was a horse race called the Molly Pitcher Handicap. The 1…
This page provides explanations and images of bodies throughout the universe: galaxies, solar systems, planets, nebula, stars, asteroids, comets, quasars, black holes, and more.
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—By Borgna BrunnerStardust Memories After a seven-year, three-billion-mile expedition through the solar system, NASA’s Stardust spacecraft capsule landed in the Arizona desert on Jan. 15, 2006,…
A Lot of BullClassical MythologyLucky in War, Unlucky in Love: TheseusRoad WarriorA Lot of BullKing Theseus Wants a WifeMidlife Crisis: The Abduction of Helen Having rid the isthmus and its…
Why do stars twinkle? We see the stars through the atmosphere. Their light passes through miles of constantly moving pockets and streams of air, which distort the image we get. The distortions are…
actorBorn: June 22, 1952Birthplace: Six Nations Indian Reserve, Brantford, Ontario, Canada Graham Greene began his theatrical career as a sound engineer, made his acting debut on the London stage,…
The crisis moves west by Sarah K. Miller This article was posted on October 8, 1999. Russian soldiers, fighting for control of Chechnya, carry a gun near Grozny on Oct. 8, 1999. (…
