Today is New Year 's Day, which simply means the earth has completed...  ...tion, Phil Plat has "taken a simple concept like ' years ' and turned it into a horrifying nightmare of ner...  ...hose stars. That’s called a “sidereal year ” (sidus is the Latin word...

Here's a thought that really hits home. A Tweet from @lunchyprices was turned into a Twaggie by illustrator Jeff Naslund. Scrolling down these things makes me feel older by the millimeter. Link...

The planet Neptune was first observed by telescope...  ...n it was first seen in 1846. That's one Neptunian year , or 164.79 Earth years . Once Neptune was discovered, it took just seven...

If I lived on Neptune I would be less than a N...  ...I lived on Neptune I would be less than a Neptune year old, how old would you be?  This nifty calculato...  ...uto). Every grade school student knows we measure years by how long it takes the Earth to travel around t...