Solar System Planetary Youth Continues After Cassini December 19, 2017 The data gathering phase is over, but the data mining phase will continue for years. This entry also shares some news about other solar system objects showing youthfulness. CONTINUE READING
Solar System 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. CONTINUE READING
Physics Star Trek for Real: Impenetrable Force Field Protects Earth November 29, 2014 Radiation belts discovered at the dawn of the space age have a new trick in their pocket: shielding the Earth. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Sun Attacks, but Earth Fights Back March 8, 2014 Geophysicists have found that the Earth fights deadly solar radiation with a plasma punch. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Changing Stories at Saturn and Titan December 21, 2013 News from the ringed planet and its largest moon shows scientists can't keep their stories straight when trying to keep Saturn billions of years old. CONTINUE READING
Astronomy Sun, Moon and Stars in the News August 17, 2012 What's up in astronomy? Surprises, by heavens. CONTINUE READING
Astronomy Scientific Ignorance Becomes Apparent July 18, 2012 Two reports indicate that what we know we don't know vastly exceeds what we think we know. CONTINUE READING
Astronomy Too Hot to Handle: Io and Enceladus June 12, 2012 Two moons in the solar system are turning up the heat on beliefs that they could be billions of years old. CONTINUE READING