Solar System Extraordinary Claim: Life on Venus? September 15, 2020 Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, scientists like to say. One smelly molecule is not enough to claim life. CONTINUE READING
Astronomy Imagination Running Rampant in Science August 25, 2020 Science reporters and scientists have lost all respect for evidence. They spin imaginative tales with reckless abandon. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Venus Is Erupting July 20, 2020 If new indirect observations are correct, Venus is an active planet today with huge volcanoes. CONTINUE READING
SETI Space Aliens Still AWOL June 20, 2019 Aliens should be everywhere, but the heavens remain eerily silent. The faith goes on. 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
Astronomy Our Solar System Appears Odd to Astronomers * January 29, 2018 Our solar system is an oddball, conclude astronomers who looked at hundreds of planetary systems around other stars. *Audio version available. CONTINUE READING
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 Planet Party Busted by Triton November 16, 2017 Theories can be like parties with tantalizing speculations until big, whopping anomalies spoil the fun. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Activity on Planets Suggests Youth November 11, 2016 Can these processes really have gone on for billions of years? CONTINUE READING
SETI Hope, Not Evidence, Drives Astrobiology August 25, 2016 Earth-size exoplanets are not evidence for alien life. They are evidence for orbiting bodies. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Juno How Old the Solar System Is? July 6, 2016 Everyone knows the solar system is 4.5 billion years old. Everyone, that is, except Nature herself. CONTINUE READING
Intelligent Design Only Earth Is a Life Haven June 23, 2016 Here are more discoveries that make it reasonable to think complex life is rare in the universe, and might be unique to Earth. CONTINUE READING
Physics Magnetic News August 3, 2015 Magnetism is an important force in astronomy, planetary science and life. Here are news items involving magnets and magnetic fields. CONTINUE READING
Media You Wouldn't Want to Live on "Earth's Cousin" July 24, 2015 Despite the hype about another Earth-like exoplanet, Kepler 452b would not be as habitable as Venus. CONTINUE READING
Cell Biology Fire and Brimstone: Why Earth Isn't Like Venus June 28, 2015 Both planets have abundant sulfur, but Earth life has a way of cycling it for good. CONTINUE READING