Tag Archives: Solar planets

TRAPPIST-1 and the Mysterious Pea Pod Planets

There may have been times when one generation’s world was much like another’s. This is not one of those times. Science textbooks of my youth included speculation that Earth’s mountains exist because our planet has been cooling and shrinking. One … Continue reading

Posted in Discursive Detours, Science News | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Active Volcano on Venus: Before and After Images

Venus is dead as a doornail as far as life is concerned. Life as we know it, at any rate, and already I’m drifting off-topic. Geologically, though, we’ve known that there’s still metaphorical life in Venus. Or was, until very … Continue reading

Posted in Discursive Detours, Science News | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Galaxies, Gravity and a Hot Terrestrial Planet

“NASA’s Webb Reveals Intricate Networks of Gas and Dust in Nearby Galaxies“Laura Betz, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland; Christine Pulliam, Hannah Braun, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland; Editor Jamie Adkins (February 16, 2023) “Researchers using NASA’s James … Continue reading

Posted in Science News | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment