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Uranus and Neptune in the News

The blue planets beyond Saturn made headlines recently.

Mooney Tunes: The Fantasy Moons of Astrobiologists Leave Science Far Behind

You could be an astrobiologist, too. Just make up imaginary worlds filled with imaginary life.

Archive: Mars, Pulsars, DNA, Mammals, More

These articles from late May 2002 still hold interest for CEH readers.

Saturn’s Rings Officially Young (Again)

Old agers can't weasel around it any more. Saturn's rings are short-lived. They cannot be as old as Saturn.

Why Scientists Brag About Things They Cannot Know

Undeserved authority bestowed on scientists allows some of them to boast of knowledge they don't have.

Saturn’s Rings Not Just Young, but “Very Young”

Cassini scientists now have reduced the rings' age by an order of magnitude, as if they formed practically "yesterday."

Geophysics Not Rock Solid Science

With observation, instruments and models, you would think geophysics is hard science.
Triton from Voyager 2, 8/25/89

Planet Party Busted by Triton

Theories can be like parties with tantalizing speculations until big, whopping anomalies spoil the fun.
Cassini at Saturn

Planetary Rings Defy Long Ages

Models of the origin of planetary rings are simulations based on fictions. Real physics cannot keep them billions of years old.

Underground Oceans Can't Last Forever

If Pluto and Enceladus have oceans under the crust, why are they still liquid after billions of years?

Solar System Is Weird Only if It Is Old

To someone who believes the solar system is billions of years old, no wonder its contents look weird.

Planet Recipe Cooked Up

Just add pebbles, stir, and get a planet. Is it real science, or just a game show?

Pluto Is Young

The New Horizons science team is stunned by surface features on Pluto and its large moon Charon that cannot be billions of years old.

Solar System Reversals

The planets keep going around, but theories about them often stop and go backward or sideways. When nothing else works, send in the impactors!

Saturn Rescues Earth: Outer Planet Wonders

How Saturn saved the Earth, and other news from the ringed planet, its family, and other bodies in the outer solar system.
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