Evolution
Hunting for High Life: What Lives in Earth’s Stratosphere?
The Moon photographed through the layers of the atmosphere from the ISS in December 2003 (NASA/JSC) What lives at the…
When Everything On Earth Died
[/caption] Hey, remember that one time when 90% of all life on Earth got wiped out? I don't either. But…
Shaking Up Theories Of Earth’s Formation
[/caption] Researchers from The Australian National University are suggesting that Earth didn't form as previously thought, shaking up some long-standing…
How Plants May Have Helped Create Earth’s Unique Landscapes
[/caption] According to conventional thinking, plant life first took hold on Earth after oceans and rivers formed; the soil produced…
Key Step in Evolution Replicated by Scientists – With Yeast
[/caption] One of the great puzzles in science has been the evolution of single-celled organisms into the incredibly wide variety…
Sleeping Beauties: A Galactic Fairye Tale
[/caption] It's a well known fact that galaxies come in two types - either actively forming stars or not. In…
The ATLAS3D Project: Calling A Different Tune
[/caption] In 1926, astronomer Edwin Hubble gave us our first basic galaxy classification scenario - the Hubble Sequence. Using photographic…
The Universe Verse Continues – It’s Alive!
Back in 2009, I was given an odd book. It was the Universe Verse: Book One. In it, the author…
Darwin vs. the Sun
[/caption]Today, we take it for granted that the Sun produces energy via nuclear fusion. However, this realization only came about…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Necropanspermia
[/caption] The idea that a tiny organism could hitchhike aboard a mote of space dust and cross vast stretches of…