Reminder: Saturn's Moon Titan Really Looks Young

Scientists led by Valerio Poggiali of Cornell University’s Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science have used Cassini spacecraft data to learn a little more about Saturn’s largest moon Titan.


Rare 'Christmas Star' Conjunction

On December 21 about an hour before sunset, the planets Jupiter and Saturn will appear very close together low in the western sky in a celestial event called a conjunction.1 In fact, the two planets will be so close together that they should appear as a “double planet” to the naked eye.


Hot Neptune Atmosphere "Shouldn't Exist"

An exoplanet 260 light-years away is being described as the first of its kind ever detected.1,2 This exoplanet, catalogued as LTT 9779b, is called an “ultra-hot Neptune” because of its large size and nearness to its host star.


A Supernova and the Scripture

Well, there goes another star, disappearing into the night as if it had never existed. For an entire year, Hubble scientists used the space telescope to record snapshots of SN 2018gv—a supernova (SN) or exploded star.


Secular Science Struggles to Explain Origin of Earth’s Water

Tim Clarey, Ph.D., and Jake Hebert, Ph.D.

Secular scientists continue to struggle to explain the origin of Earth’s water. And a new study published in Science calls into question their previous assumptions and earlier expectations.1

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