What would happen to Earth if the moon was only half as massive?Neil F. Comins, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Maine, Orono, explains why an Earth with a half-mass moon would be populated by bug-eyed creatures that would never know the beauty of a total eclipse.
Blues legend B.B. King has died at the age of 89, Clark County, Nevada Coroner John Fudenberg told ABC News. King, who is considered one of the greatest guitarists of all-time, died at 9:40 p.m. Thursday, Fudenberg said.
Carter died of cancer in 1939, but he never believed his sickness was due to the so-called mummy's curse, or the Curse of the Pharaohs, a supposed death sentence for anyone who disturbed the sleep of Egypt's ancient rulers.