Click Here to Read: An updated way to calculate the likelihood of the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations
by Bob Yirka on the Phys.org website on December 22, 2020.
This view of Earth’s horizon as the sun sets over the Pacific Ocean was taken by an Expedition 7 crew member onboard the International Space Station (ISS). Anvil tops of thunderclouds are also visible.  Image: NASA.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Click Here to Read: A Supermassive Black Hole Is Missing, NASA Says: It’s gotta be here somewhere! Victor Tangermann on the Futurist website on December 17, 2020.
Galaxy cluster Abell 2261  Image: NASA Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Click Here to Read: Radio signal detected from deep space could give new ‘way to examine alien worlds’ By Chris Ciaccia, on the New York Post  website on December 17, 2020.
This artist’s impression shows the exoplanet Tau Boötis b. This was one of the first exoplanets to be discovered back in 1996, and it is still one of the closest planetary systems known to date. Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have now caught and studied the faint light from the planet Tau Boötis b for the first time. By employing a clever observational trick the team find that the planet’s atmosphere seems to be cooler higher up, the opposite of what was expected. Image: ESO/L. Calçada.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Click Here to Read:  Hubble watches massive storm on Neptune reverse course by Ashley Strickland on the CNN website on December 17, 2020.
New images obtained on May 16, 2016, by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope confirm the presence of a dark vortex in the atmosphere of Neptune. Image: NASA, ESA, and M.H. Wong and J. Tollefson (UC Berkeley)  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

 Click Here to Read: Surprise! First peek inside Mars reveals a crust with cake-like layers: NASA’s InSight mission yields the first data on the internal structure of a planet other than Earth by Alexandra Witze on the Tablet website on December 15, 2020.
Mars InSight Lander.  Image: NASA Cal Tech.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.