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Between fire and ice is slush

Between fire and ice is slush

by | Dec 1, 2024 |

Snowball Earth. Credit: NASA Our planet has been driven to environmental extremes at many times in its history, and many plants and animals - including humans - have demonstrated they can survive less than ideal conditions. The last major ice age hit its peak 20 to 26 thousand years ago, and allowed humans to cross icy bridges between continents. That ice age, however, didn’t encompass the entire planet. Our world hasn’t been a complete snowball since before the ages of reptiles and dinosaurs. Infact, the last global ice age took place 635 million to 650 million years ago. And when a planet...

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When Orbits Go Weird

When Orbits Go Weird

by | Aug 14, 2024 |

orbital path of transiting exoplanet TIC 241249530 b As of the day of this recording, Aug 8, 2024, more than 5600 exoplanets have been discovered orbiting more than 4000 alien stars. Within these systems we are regularly finding things our experiences with our own...

JWST Catches Difference in Sunrise and Sunset

JWST Catches Difference in Sunrise and Sunset

by | Aug 14, 2024 |

an artist's concept of the exoplanet WASP-43b Anyone who likes to exercise outside can tell you the sunrise side of the day is far cooler than the evening twilight. Here on Earth, with our rotating world, this is easy to understand. Throughout the night, our planet...

All the Planets Science Can Design

All the Planets Science Can Design

by | Jul 23, 2024 |

Before we go, I just want to take a moment to share something beautiful. Image credit: Martin Vargic Out of the blue, I received an email from artist and infographic designer Martin Vargic, and I have to admit, few random email have been quite so pleasing. He just...

Titan’s Lakes May Have Shoreline Erosion

Titan’s Lakes May Have Shoreline Erosion

by | Jul 23, 2024 |

Image Credit: Cassini Mission Here on Earth we often talk about planetary analogues. These are areas where the landscape here on our planet is geological similar to other worlds. There are regions in the Atacama desert, for instance, that are very similar to Mars. ...

Jupiter’s Not-enduring Red Spot

Jupiter’s Not-enduring Red Spot

by | Jul 23, 2024 |

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstadt/Justin Cowart It turns out, Jupiter likes to have giant red spots, but it doesn’t always have the same giant red spot. New research led by Agustin Sanchez-Lavega and appearing in Geophysical Research letters...