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Science, Religion, COVID-19 and an Unexpected Opinion

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Brian H. Gill

If you haven’t already, you’ll soon read about a new development in the war between science and religion. “How Covid Raised the Stakes of the War Between Faith and Science” Tish Harrison Warren, The New York Times (November 7, 2021) … Continue reading →

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HD 63935: Two Sub-Neptunes and Maybe More

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Brian H. Gill

Designations like HD 63935 b and c don’t exactly roll of the tongue. Although with a little work I might pronounce them “trippingly on the tongue,” as Hamlet put it. Maybe saying “sixty five ninety three five bee and cee” … Continue reading →

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A Trilobite With a Hyper-Compound Eye

Posted on October 16, 2021 by Brian H. Gill

It’s barely over two weeks since scientists at the University of Cologne published what they’d learned about a trilobite’s unique eye. Their research vindicated an amateur paleontologist’s observations, and very likely will raise more questions than it answers. That’s par … Continue reading →

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TESS, Three Stars and a Planet’s Odd Orbit

Posted on October 2, 2021 by Brian H. Gill

Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a robotic observatory, began watching 200,000 nearby stars on August 7, 2018. So far, scientists have found more than 2,200 TESS Objects of Interest (TOI). Of these, again so far, 154 have turned out to … Continue reading →

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Supernova Requiem: Reruns From a Gravity Lens

Posted on September 18, 2021 by Brian H. Gill

Nothing in this universe lasts forever, including stars. Massive stars live fast and die young: exploding as supernovae. One of these, AT2016jka, nicknamed “Requiem,” was first spotted in 2016. It showed up again in 2019. Scientists figure they’ll get another … Continue reading →

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