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.
Ted Kennedy Dies of Brain Cancer at Age 77. Sen. Ted Kennedy died shortly before midnight Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Mass., at age 77. The man known as the liberal lion of the Senate had fought a more than year-long battle with brain cancer, and according to his son had lived longer with the disease than his doctors expected him to.