After a short detour into prehistoric reptiles, it’s time to return to our tour of the Solar System. When we left off, we had just crossed the asteroid belt, which means we’ve finally reached the outer Solar System. This stage of the journey is especially exciting, because it brings us to Earth’s two giant siblings: Jupiter and Saturn. The voluptuous rump of the Solar System, if you will. […]
The Land Before Time (1988) played a huge role in sparking my early love of dinosaurs. Born in the early ’80s, this movie was made for my generation, and it absolutely hit the mark with me. It was one of the few VHS tapes I owned, since most of what we watched back then was either rented or recorded off of TV, and I watched it constantly. To this day, I still find myself quoting […]
If you were suddenly teleported back to the Triassic period and found yourself being chased by a terrifying meat-eating reptile, you might struggle to tell whether it was a dinosaur or not. While dinosaurs did rise to dominance in the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, they were just one of many archosaur groups thriving in the Triassic, a world still recovering from the worst […]
Last post, we began a tour of the Solar System. What was supposed to be a single piece on our cosmic neighbourhood morphed into a multi-post extravaganza. Turns out, it’s hard to write a short-ish blog entry on the entirety of the Solar System. Who knew? We ended with Venus, Earth’s angry twin […]
I’ve always felt it’s worth exploring closer to home before venturing too far out. It’s not a hard rule or anything, just a belief that local gems deserve a look before you start chasing treasures abroad. With that in mind, let’s turn our eyes to the Sun and the many planets, moons, and other cosmic neighbours that surround […]