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October 4, 2024
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Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Defies Deep Time
April 23, 2024
New photos of Io are in from Juno, prompting discussions of time.
Another Saturn Moon Hired for Astrobiology
February 8, 2024
Liquid water under Mimas? Impossible. But if it is there, could life be far behind?
Saturn Moon Pops Its Cork
June 1, 2023
The James Webb Telescope witnesses Enceladus erupting in a phenomenal geyser plume of record size.
Activity in Jupiter Moons Defies Long Ages
April 20, 2022
New findings continue a running theme: the real solar system doesn't look like the expected solar system.
Mars Volcano Recently Erupted
May 11, 2021
A 20-mile volcanic fissure on Mars may be a recent eruption. Scientists are considering the possibility that Mars is still active.
Venus Is Erupting
July 20, 2020
If new indirect observations are correct, Venus is an active planet today with huge volcanoes.
Landslides on Pluto Happened Quickly
May 7, 2020
If Pluto is really 4.6 billion years old, something happened almost instantaneously out there some time ago. In planetary science, where experts are accustomed to thinking everything is billions of years old, sudden unique events present problems. Almost everything should have settled down by now into a routine. One can certainly argue for exceptions, where […]
Young Solar System Evidence Pops Up Everywhere
May 1, 2019
If the solar system formed more recently than believed, Darwinism is dead. Look how widely scattered the evidence is.
Initial Views of Ultima Thule from New Horizons Show Young Object
January 2, 2019
Ultima Thule, the farthest object ever visited up close by a spacecraft, looks like a snowman.
Europa May Be Another Geyser Moon
May 15, 2018
A re-assessment of data from the Galileo spacecraft appears to confirm suspected eruptions from the surface of Europa, Jupiter's icy moon.
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.
Titan Ethane Still Missing, and Other Planetary Puzzles
May 7, 2016
We update the problem of Titan's missing ethane and other challenges to billions of years.
Tiny Enceladus Beats Saturn in Plasma Output
February 17, 2016
An astonishing case of the tail wagging the dog: tiny moon is major source of plasma in Saturn's magnetosphere.
Updates from Outer Planets
January 9, 2016
Let's review some of the latest news from missions to the outer planets.