Ancient Martian icebergs?
Images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have provided evidence of possible icebergs in the ancient Martian past. It has long been speculated that the northern …
Two steps closer to finding another Earth
This past week, there were two more news items of great interest relating to exoplanets, and the search ultimately for another Earth-like planet. The first, …
And now, the case of the disappearing methane
First, as posted a few days ago, there was the mystery of seemingly missing methane on an exoplanet. Now there’s another methane-related riddle, on Mars. …
Blog update
I’ve tweaked the blog a bit more, updating the header graphic a bit and switching to a white background. Also playing with the CSS for …
The case of the missing methane
In our solar system, all of the gas giant planets have abundant methane in their atmospheres. It was expected that similar planets in other solar …