
XKCD has always had best takes on astronomy, and took a fun look at the news that we might actually have a 9th planet in our solar system.

We’re big fans of xkcd here at Gizmodo (who isn’t?), and also of learnin’ about things, so we’re pretty excited for…

In his comic “Up Goer Five,” Randall Munroe labels a blueprint of NASA’s Saturn V Rocket using only the 1,000 most…
Today, we celebrated a monumental achievement in human history: For the first time, we landed an object on a comet.…

Could we fly on far-away worlds, or will it forever be a tantalizing fantasy? Randall Munroe of xkcd tackled the…

XKCD's What If—that extra-special corner of the internet that answers all of our nerdiest, most absurd questions in…


XKCD's Randall Munroe is publishing a book of science explainers! What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd…

Via XKCD comes this awesome map of of the solar system's terrestrial surfaces pieced together as if it were a…

XKCD's Randall Munroe is turning What If? – his fantastic series of "serious scientific answers to absurd…
Here's a mesmerizing piece of data porn that is sure to keep you staring at your screen. Randall Munroe of xkcd uses …

Well this is convenient. The University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit has made its global temperature data…

Last week, the International Astronomical Union – the sanctioning body that oversees the naming of planets, among…