I’m off to see Mom

I’m leaving on a jet plane, don’t know when I’ll be back again … stay tuned.

Is the Universe Older Than We Think? Part 2: Tired Light February 4, 2026
This is all based on the assumption that galaxies are receding away from us. And I actually cheated a little.
Cosmic Collision: The JWST Found An Early 5-Galaxy Merger February 4, 2026
The JWST found a system of at least five interacting galaxies only 800 million years after the Big Bang. The discovery adds weight to the growing understanding that galaxies were interacting and shaping their surroundings far earlier than scientists thought. There's also evidence that the collision was redistributing heavy elements beyond the galaxies themselves.
Neutron Scans Reveal Hidden Water in Famous Martian Meteorite February 4, 2026
New tools unlock new discoveries in science. So when a new type of non-destructive technology becomes widely available, it's inevitable that planetary scientists will get their hands on it to test it on some meteorites. A new paper, available in pre-print on arXiv, by Estrid Naver of the Technical University of Denmark and her co-authors, […]
Researchers Conduct the Largest Study of Runaway Stars in the Milky Way February 4, 2026
Researchers from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) and the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC), in collaboration with the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC), have led the most extensive observational study to date of runaway massive stars, which includes an analysis of the rotation and […]
Is the Universe Older Than We Think? Part 1: The Cosmological Clock February 3, 2026
When I say that the universe is 13.77 billion years old, it sounds rather authoritative.