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Kepler satellite and planets of double stars
Thanks to the Kepler satellite, we now know of three planets orbiting in double star systems.
February 2, 2012
Groundhog Day: Seeing dubious connections
On Groundhog Day EarthSky blogger Larry Sessions says that, whether it's groundhogs or sunspots evidence is more important than belief.
February 2, 2012
Obesity and liver disease might be infectious
Obesity and chronic liver disease might be infectious, triggered by proteins that alter populations of microbes in the stomach, according to a Yale report.
February 1, 2012
Asteroid Eros at its closest since 1975 on January 31
Asteroid 433 Eros passed closer to Earth on January 31, 2012 than it had since 1975.
January 31, 2012
Judy Cheng: Milky Way grew from inside out
Astronomer Judy Cheng of UC Santa Cruz was part of a survey of stars called SEGUE-2 that found the inner disk of our Milky Way galaxy grew differently than the outer disk.
January 31, 2012
Snowy owl sightings soar
Snowy owl sightings have soared in the lower 48 states of the U.S. in early 2012.
January 31, 2012
Sukanya Chakrabarti maps dark matter from ripples of passing satellites
Mapping the unseen dark matter halo of a galaxy, using gravitational ripples caused by passing satellite galaxies.
January 30, 2012
Dune fields on Titan, Saturn’s large moon
Scientists using radar to peer through Titan's dense clouds see vast fields of sand dunes, not unlike those on Earth. See the newest images.
January 29, 2012
Most amazing high def image of Earth so far
NASA has a new Blue Marble image of Earth, released January 25, 2012. See it, plus the original, in this post.
January 28, 2012
Male house mice sing songs to impress the girls
Males house mice sing songs of individuality and kinship to attract mates.
January 28, 2012
