Solar System NASA Goes Loony: Moon Formed in Mere Hours? October 4, 2022 Is it clickbait? NASA is claiming the moon formed within hours after a collision. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Earth Water Was Always Here August 31, 2020 A new theory for the origin of Earth's oceans tries to make a splash again. This one says the Earth has always been wet. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Lunar Scientists Fight the Dust July 18, 2019 This entry continues our recap of lunar science in the 50 years since Apollo 11. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Tilted Planets Throw Theories Off Kilter November 30, 2015 An example of how data can be framed as success or failure, depending on the reporter's spin. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Solving Moon Origin Unsolves the Last Solution April 9, 2015 The moon's origin has been "demystified," scientists are claiming. That's what they said last time. CONTINUE READING
Geology Beware of Misinterpreting Water Claims June 16, 2014 A claim of vast reservoirs of water deep in the earth is based on indirect evidence, and likely has little or nothing to do with surface water or floods. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Lunar Tunes: Do Impacts Ring a Bell? June 12, 2014 By looking at current dust and craters, cosmologists think they can hear the echoes of an impact that created the moon. Is that lunar, or looney? CONTINUE READING
Astronomy Planet Theories vs. the Evidence April 26, 2012 Planet theorists are putting up a valiant fight against new findings, but in some cases, the evidence seems to be winning. CONTINUE READING