Early Crust

A new study suggests Mars had a planetary crust only 20 million years after its formation, and the crust was stable for 100 million years.

That's good news for possible life.

Kepler

NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope is nearly out of fuel.

By the end of its mission, Kepler could well discover 5,000 worlds.

Life

A new study suggests life in the universe might be more rare than some hope.

The fact is, however, as the study acknowledges, that we don't know enough yet to say how common or uncommon life and civilization are.

Uranus

A new study using supercomputer-run simulations suggests Uranus was grazed by an object twice thee size of Earth 4 billion years ago.

That could explain why Uranus rolls around its orbit on its side, among other things.

Asteroids

A new study suggests that most of the asteroids that strike Earth come from a very few long gone worlds.

If correct, that would help identify future threats to Earth.

Elbow Room

Crossing the Milky Way at the speed of light would require 200,000 Earth years.

Our descendants will have lots of elbow room.

World UFO Day

Today is World UFO Day.

Establishment ridicule notwithstanding, the notion that aliens are visiting Earth is not crazy, given a good amount of suggestive evidence.  It's fair to remember The Establishment-- in science, politics, and the media-- want to remain The Establishment.