Wrong Again: Oort Cloud Fail
January 2, 2023
Dramatic clash between observation and theory leaves astronomers dumbfounded.
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ABG Cosmology: Anything But God
December 20, 2022
Cosmologists can admit total ignorance about origins and publish "science" articles, as long as they remain ABG.
The Pseudoscience of Psychoanalyzing Aliens
December 19, 2022
One cannot determine the motives of beings that are completely unknown.
The Last and Lasting Footprint on the Moon
December 14, 2022
50 years ago, Harrison Schmitt left the last footprint on the moon, but he is leaving tracks of an independent thinker on Earth.
It’s a Wonderful Telescope
December 11, 2022
What do Frank Capra's classic Christmas movie and the James Webb Space Telescope have in common?
Axions: Another Dark Matter Candidate Not Found
December 6, 2022
The endless quest for a dark matter particle comes up empty again. Too much is invested in the search to give up.
How to Keep the Solar System Old: Struggle and Hope
December 2, 2022
Keeping the consensus age of the solar system is vital to evolution, but observations keep getting in the way.
Earth Arctic Is Not Like Enceladus
November 22, 2022
NASA commits its most common logical fallacy in a press release geared to titillate the public about astrobiology.
JWST Finds Un-Big-Banged Galaxies
November 18, 2022
Astronomers were surprised to find disk galaxies older than they should be.
Returning to a Young Moon
November 15, 2022
On the eve of the Artemis launch, questions about the age and formation of the moon have resurfaced.
Moon Is Too Dry for Astronauts
November 14, 2022
NASA is counting on water ice in shadowed craters on the moon, but there may be none. And there are other hazards.
Astronauts Leave Earth at Their Peril
November 3, 2022
Human bodies can survive in space for awhile. The damage adds up over time.
NASA to Fly Owls to Look for Elvis
October 6, 2022
Is an experiment a waste of time if it has almost zero possibility of success? Perhaps, but the spinoffs can be useful.
NASA Goes Loony: Moon Formed in Mere Hours?
October 4, 2022
Is it clickbait? NASA is claiming the moon formed within hours after a collision.
Secular Awe Falls Short
September 18, 2022
Secular scientists and astronomers are only human; they feel awe, too. But why, and for what end?