Solar System Reality Check: Favored Planet Theory Dries Up July 26, 2014 Three "hot Jupiters" sing "how dry I am," casting serious doubt on the leading theory of planet formation. CONTINUE READING
Astronomy Astrobiology Hopes Dim with Exoplanet Findings June 3, 2014 Harsh "space weather" around dim red dwarf stars may make planets uninhabitable. "Godzilla Earths" may not fare much better. CONTINUE READING
Philosophy of Science Misleading Data: Scientists Fooled by Their Own Assumptions April 29, 2014 Whatever the datum you think speaks verbatim, it ain't necessarily so. CONTINUE READING
SETI Fantasizing About Alien Contact February 22, 2014 The only evidence of alien intelligence is inside the imaginations of evolutionary scientists and their reporters. CONTINUE READING
Astronomy Earth-Like Planet More Like a Lava Lamp October 31, 2013 It might be an interesting place to visit on Star Trek, but you wouldn't want to live there. Theoretically, it shouldn't even exist. CONTINUE READING
Astronomy Dark Matter as an Escape May 14, 2012 Employing exotic unobservable entities such as dark matter may be an escape from scientific rigor in more ways than one. CONTINUE READING