Solar System Pluto Falsifies Deep Time March 30, 2022 Planetary scientists are shocked at Pluto's youth and activity. They have no answers. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Young Saturn Refuses Billions May 26, 2021 Planetary scientists are trying hard to get Saturn and its moons to take billions of years, to no avail. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Titan Is Running Away from Saturn July 1, 2020 When a scientist up-ends what was long believed, how confident can they be about what they believe now? Don't outrun observations. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Saturn Scientists Dodge Age Issues June 19, 2020 Several papers have appeared this month about Saturn and its moons, but they all gloss over the implications for long ages. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Saturn-Day and Moon-Day Arrive October 12, 2019 Last Saturday, we looked at news about Saturn and its rings. This "Saturn"-day we look at news about Saturn's moons. CONTINUE READING
Solar System News for Saturn-Day October 5, 2019 This entry scours some of the latest papers from Cassini for statements about the age of Saturn and its rings and inner moons. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Debate Is Over: Saturn Is Young April 23, 2019 Scientists have run out of options to keep Saturn and its rings and moons billions of years old. It's time to face the music. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Saturn’s Rings Not Just Young, but “Very Young” January 18, 2019 Cassini scientists now have reduced the rings' age by an order of magnitude, as if they formed practically "yesterday." CONTINUE READING
Solar System Pluto Rivals Earth in Geological Complexity September 14, 2018 Call it what you will, Pluto is a planet of surprises. Its active geology is second only to Earth's, say two planetary scientists. CONTINUE READING
Origin of Life Breaking News! Enceladus Is Dead! June 30, 2018 Is water alive? Are organic molecules alive? No; they're dead. Someone needs to bring some sense into reporting about life in outer space. CONTINUE READING
Solar System 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. CONTINUE READING
Solar System After Cassini, Titan Still a Problem for Long Ages May 3, 2018 The scientist who predicted a global ocean on Titan 35 years ago is still baffled over why Cassini did not find it. CONTINUE READING
Origin of Life Astrobiology Still Has No Biology April 11, 2018 Number of worlds beyond Earth where life has been discovered: zero. Number of optimistic articles about life in outer space: hundreds per year. CONTINUE READING
Origin of Life Origin-of-Life Speculation Is Out of ContrOOL February 2, 2018 OOL is short for Origin of Life. There's only one theory that works. The rest are so improbable, their supporters go to ridiculous lengths to believe them. CONTINUE READING
Cell Biology Bacteria Rule the Earth December 14, 2017 Bacteria are inescapable. They're everywhere. Fortunately, many of them are here for good. CONTINUE READING