Stars are like people: They are unstable when young and when old. Stability is something stars manifest only when they reach middle-age. Recently, a team of 58 astronomers from 14 different countries… more →
Today's New Reason to Believewrote 6 days ago: Mr. Wartick has responded to an old BAAYEC post of mine. I’ll go ahead and post his full secon … more →
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wrote 1 month ago: Findings from the European Space Agency’s Planck spacecraft have updated our knowledge of the … more →
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