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Habitable Planets Just Got Much More Rare

December 13, 2017

If this scientist’s theory about the origin of magnetic fields is correct, habitable planets will be few and far between. Earth has a magnetic field sufficient to support life. Venus does not. Why does “Earth’s twin” lack this protective shield? According to secular geophysicists, a magnetic field is generated by a dynamo in a planet’s […]

SETI

Nuts for Aliens

November 27, 2017

Believers in space aliens, or even space bacteria, have cast all restraint to the wind. SETI today is indistinguishable from a cult, and so is its stepchild, astrobiology.

Solar System

Earth as a Living, Breathing Planet: Is It Unique?

November 21, 2017

A new NASA video based on 20 years of data from earth-orbiting satellites will awe viewers.

Astronomy

New Guidebook for Earthlings Published

November 19, 2017

A new book by two CEH authors can help readers understand their spacecraft and its mission. Dr Henry Richter, distinguished NASA scientist, former Caltech professor and inventor, the last surviving manager of Explorer 1 (January 31, 1958), has a new book worth sharing. Its title appeals to all readers on the planet: Spacecraft Earth: A […]

Physics

Anomalies in Planetary Magnetic Fields

November 17, 2017

Something is terribly wrong in the geodynamo theory for magnetic fields.

Solar System

Planet Party Busted by Triton

November 16, 2017

Theories can be like parties with tantalizing speculations until big, whopping anomalies spoil the fun.

Solar System

Enceladus Cannot Spout for Billions of Years

November 7, 2017

You can tell when theorists are getting desperate. Their assumptions get more and more implausible, and they gloss over falsifying facts.

Astronomy

Giant Planet Sends Planetologists Scrambling

November 3, 2017

Secular astronomers are experts in telling the public about things that are observed but should not exist.

Dating Methods

Beware of Overconfident Dating Methods

October 27, 2017

Simplistic presentations about how scientists date rocks overlook the worldview assumptions involved.

Solar System

Cassini Continues to Unveil Youth at Saturn

October 20, 2017

Reports from Cassini's last days, even up to its last gasps as it plunged into Saturn on September 15, are not supporting long ages.

Solar System

Ring Around the Dwarf Planet Says ‘I’m Young’

October 13, 2017

You can't declare something old just because your worldview requires it to be old.

Solar System

Rocket Scientist Recalls Sputnik 60 Years Ago

October 7, 2017

Dr Henry Richter, a writer for CEH and NASA VIP, shares his recollections of the space race that began in earnest with Sputnik 60 years ago.

Philosophy of Science

Science Fail: Shaky Assumptions Topple Long-Held Notions

October 3, 2017

Science is supposed to be self-correcting, we're told. But when towers of belief are built on assumptions later shown to be false, the consequences can be monumental.