All Stories. Bobby Womack, the legendary soul singer whose career spanned seven decades, died Friday at age 70. A representative for Womack's label XL Recordings confirmed the singer's death to Rolling Stone, but said the cause of death was currently unknown.
The Sun Will Destroy Earth Sooner Than You Might Think. Everything must end. There are plenty of ways Earth could go. It could smash into another planet, be swallowed by a black hole, or get pummelled to death by asteroids. Thereâs really no way to tell which doomsday scenario will be the cause of our planetâs demise. But one thing is for sure - even if Earth spends the rest of its eons escaping alien attacks, dodging space rocks, and avoiding a nuclear apocalypse, there will come a day when our own Sun will eventually destroy us.
Sunspots and Solar Rotation The Problem: When Galileo first pointed his telescope at the Sun he found dark spots on its surface (But he also may have ruined his eyes - there are better ways to look at the Sun). Sunspots and phenomena related to them can affect the Earth in a number of ways. They can also be used to derive the rotation period of the sun. The goal of this project is to track the movements of sunspots for several weeks to prove that the Sun rotates and to derive its period of rotation. Since this is ``real'' data, this is also an excellent