Solar System Small Planetary Bodies Unexpectedly Active March 27, 2017 You would think things would have cooled down after 4.5 billion years. That's not what planetary scientists are observing. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Activity on Planets Suggests Youth November 11, 2016 Can these processes really have gone on for billions of years? CONTINUE READING
Solar System Rosetta Mission Crashes Into Comet Theories October 3, 2016 The historic Rosetta mission has ended with a crash landing. How has it changed ideas about comets? CONTINUE READING
Solar System How Long Can Comets Bust Up and Re-form? June 17, 2016 If comets repeatedly break up and re-coagulate, how long could that recur? CONTINUE READING
Solar System Surprising Youth in the Solar System January 26, 2016 Four solar system objects in the news look young, not billions of years old. CONTINUE READING
Astronomy Inventing Stars, Solar Systems and Universes October 31, 2015 Always look into the methods used when scientists speak confidently about models for making things appear out of nowhere. CONTINUE READING
Cosmology Entropy in Space Seen at All Scales October 22, 2015 Entropy at all scales: clearly seen. Creation of order: not so much. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Seriously, Ceres and Comets Look Surprising August 5, 2015 Here are surprises found at asteroid Ceres and Comet 67P by spacecraft arriving there this year. CONTINUE READING
Physics Magnetic News August 3, 2015 Magnetism is an important force in astronomy, planetary science and life. Here are news items involving magnets and magnetic fields. CONTINUE READING
Origin of Life Origin of Life for Dummies August 1, 2015 Readers can decide if these news stories on the origin of life represent smart science or not. CONTINUE READING
SETI Desperately Seeking Life Beyond Earth July 7, 2015 Earth life cannot be unique. How about you, Mars? Europa, anything? Enceladus? Comet 67P? Please break the silence! CONTINUE READING