Credit: NASA/ESA OVERCOME:   The kids and I spent the morning plotting our victory in our "From the Big Bang to Dark Energy"...

CLOSED:  "Why are they shutting down the government?" That was the first question Annabelle asked this morning. She wasn...

Image credit: NASA BETTER LATE THAN NEVER:  Sunday morning, Orbital Science's Cygnus cargo craft was snared by the ISS' Canadaarm2...

MARVELOUS METS: In my seemingly never-ending attempt to recount our recent trip, I continue with the final activity of our last full day ...

SCIENCE, NY STYLE:   Yesterday I chronicled the first part of our last, marathon day (Sept. 11) in New York.  After The High Line park and...