Space Astronomers gather additional evidence suggesting Planet Nine is real Is there a hidden planet lurking in our solar system? By Shawn Knight, April 19, 2024, 2:18 PM 28 comments
Space Science This "hycean" exoplanet could be covered in a boiling ocean Conflicting hypotheses try to explain the chemical mix detected by the JWST By Alfonso Maruccia, March 11, 2024, 8:35 AM
Space Science Anomalies in Earth's mantle are remnants of collision with another planet, study concludes Ejected fragments may have also formed the Moon By Alfonso Maruccia, November 3, 2023, 3:04 PM 13 comments
Science Earth's "gravity hole" off the Indian coasts has finally been explained. Maybe The Indian Ocean Geoid Low was likely shaped by magma plumes, but something's still amiss By Alfonso Maruccia, July 26, 2023, 10:55 AM
Science Space A giant planet escaped death by its host star, and now scientists explain how 8 Ursae Minoris b shouldn't have survived this long By Alfonso Maruccia, June 29, 2023, 1:06 PM
Science Space A new potentially habitable planet is discovered by scientists, but half of it is in perpetual darkness Just 31 light-years away By Priya Walia, February 10, 2023, 2:22 PM 12 comments
Science On a positive note, Covid-19 lockdowns are affecting global seismic activity Humanity's impact can be measured on paper By Shawn Knight, April 2, 2020, 12:31 PM 15 comments
Science Space NASA to launch its latest satellite for discovering Earth-like planets TESS will come online just as the aging Kepler satellite runs out of fuel By William Gayde, April 12, 2018, 5:58 PM
Science NASA discovers 10 potential Earth-sized planet candidates By Shawn Knight, June 19, 2017, 6:15 PM
Google Software Can you outwit Google's new photo-identifying neural network? By Shawn Knight, February 26, 2016, 4:46 PM
Science Scientists find evidence that a ninth planet exists in our solar system By Shawn Knight, January 20, 2016, 6:15 PM 13 comments
The Web These are the people that would leave everything for a one-way trip to Mars By Shawn Knight, February 10, 2015, 9:45 AM 25 comments