Hot Jupiters Are Notorious Planet Killers
Hot Jupiters kill planets. It's a good thing our Jupiter is a "cold" one.
Articles tagged "solar system"
This May Be the Prettiest Space Video in Our Solar System
Perhaps its the combination of Red Bull and Advil, or perhaps I'm just orbiting the sea of nostalgia that makes you just want to suck back black and white videos like oxygen in a thin atmosphere, but hot damn. This video is lovely. The best part? It'…
Tiny, Gentle Pluto May In Fact Be A Killer
Could Pluto's small and busy system be fatal to incoming spacecraft?
Orbit(Film): Short films for the solar system
This looks wonderful. ORBIT(FILM) is a cohesive collection of short films made by a group of talented filmmakers, one for each of the planets. They dug through wonderful old NASA footage, created recreations, and added animation. bq. Beginning an…
It Just Rained Methane On Titan
A recently observed rain storm on Saturn's moon Titan wasn't your normal Earth-like water gale – it was a methane storm.
Pluto's a Dwarf, Get Over It: Q+A with Star Physicist Neil deGrasse Tyson
_So our celestial bodies have been regrouped, says Tyson. Can we move on to worrying about real science exploration? “Well, there is no direction. We’re not going anywhere... And that’s the beginning of the end. When you have to depend on everybody e…
