The Solar System may have a 9th Planet

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Science

Click Here to Read: The Solar System may have a 9th Planet by Passant Rabie on the Inverso website on December 25, 2020, Artist’s impression of Planet Nine as an ice giant eclipsing the central Milky Way, with a star-like Sun in the distance. Neptune’s orbit is shown as a small ellipse around the Sun. The sky view and appearance are based on the conjectures of its co-proposer, Mike Brown.
Image: nagualdesign; Tom Ruen, background taken from File:ESO – Milky Way.jpg Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

The most distant galaxy is upending our model of the universe’s history

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 3, 2021January 3, 2021 Science

Click Here to Read: The most distant galaxy is upending our model of the universe’s history: A new study confirms GN-z11 is the oldest and most distant galaxy humans have ever sighted By Nicole Karlis on the Salon website on December 27, 2020.

Distant galaxy GN-z11 in GOODS-N image by HST.jpg Image: NASA ESA, P. Oesch (Yale University), G. Brammer (STScI), P. van Dokkum (Yale University), and G. Illingworth (University of California, Santa Cruz), Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Researchers Find Clues to How Mars Was Formed

By Tamar SchwartzDecember 30, 2020December 30, 2020 Science

Click Here to Read: Researchers Find Clues to How Mars Was Formed By Nicole Drum on the comic Book website on December 26, 2020.
Mars. Image: NASA. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

The Cost of Visiting Earth May Be Too Astronomical For Aliens

By Tamar SchwartzDecember 30, 2020December 30, 2020 Science

Click Here to Read: The Cost of Visiting Earth May Be Too Astronomical For Aliens by Matt Williams on the Science Alert Website on December 27, 2020.
Novelty UFO in Moonbeam, Ontario, Canada. Image: P199. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Archaeologists Find Evidence That a Massive Tsunami Hit Ancient Levantine Coast

By Tamar SchwartzDecember 30, 2020December 30, 2020 History, Science

Click Here to Read: Archaeologists Find Evidence That a Massive Tsunami Hit Ancient Levantine Coast by Isaac Schultz
on the Gizmodo website on December 23, 2020.
Tel Dor, on the Mediterranean coast. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

‘The Wuhan I Know’: A Comic About The City Behind The Coronavirus Headlines

By Tamar SchwartzDecember 28, 2020December 28, 2020 Politics, Science

Click Here to Read and Listen: ‘The Wuhan I Know’: A Comic About The City Behind The Coronavirus Headlines by Aubri Juhasz on the NPR website on April 4, 2020.
Wuhan from Yellow Crane Tower. Image: 于/Yu 回/Hui from Chengdu, China. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Doctors detail Navalny poison treatment in medical journal

By Tamar SchwartzDecember 28, 2020December 28, 2020 Politics, Science

Click Here to Read: Doctors detail Navalny poison treatment in medical journal on the Association Press website on
December 23, 2020.
Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition leader, at Central Election Commission’s session which is about to deny his right to be in the ballot on the upcoming presidential elections Image: Evgeny Feldman. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.