Cassini and IBEX Set to Rewrite the Textbooks on the Solar System

Science's understanding of the physics of our own solar system is due for an overhaul. Recent papers from the IBEX and Cassini teams are set to overturn existing models. Those models failed to predict significant...

Where Have all the Sunspots Gone?

If you’re a HAM radio buff, chances are you have been making some long distance connections over the last few weeks with very little interference from the upper atmosphere.  You owe thanks in part to...

When is Mercury Like a Comet?

In an interesting twist of fate, it seems that an independent space science researcher has recently addressed the issue of hydroxyl radicals (OH) and water (H2O) found in Mercury's atmosphere in a manner...

Sunspot is Harbinger of New Solar Cycle, Increasing Risk for Electrical Syste...

It seems that we are going to experince increased geomagnetic activity for the next 11 years, which could provide us with some stunning aurora Borealis in the northern hemisphere and in areas where those...