Solar System Design
Stellar Mass Loss
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A new understanding of how stars burn provides evidence for design. Critical for the possible existence of life is for nearly all stars to … more
Giant Star’s Planet Copy
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A new finding indicates that our solar system is well designed for life. Japanese astronomers discover the first extrasolar planet found orbiting a … more
Yarkovsky Effect on Asteroids
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Planetary System Design A
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A study of relative masses of gas giant planets reveals new evidence for cosmic design. In order for a planetary system to harbor life, all but the … more
Planetary System Design B
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More evidence for cosmic design comes from a discovery of an oscillatory effect on planetary orbits. One requirement for life is that it reside in a … more
Planetary Collisions
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Recent theoretical work suggests that more evidence for Earth’s life-supporting design may come from study of planetary collisions. Two … more
Solar System’s Rare Birth
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Discovery of an element found on meteorite samples provides support for the anthropic principle, which maintains that the universe and Earth are … more
A Bright Young Sun
Caltech astrophysicists Juliana Sackmann and Arnold Boothroyd have achieved a breakthrough. In spring 2003, they unveiled a new and more accurate model for the Sun’s life cycle, a model that … more
Planet Orbits and Bolides
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An interdisciplinary team performed the first long term integration of the solar system’s planetary orbits. They found the orbits of the four … more
Bachelor Stars
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A coronagraphic imager with adaptive optics on the Subaru Telescope detects two small stars orbiting what was previously catalogued to be nearby … more
Blue K Dwarf Stars
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In studies of young open star clusters astronomers note that the younger the cluster the bluer and more variable are the medium and small-sized … more
Comets Growing Old
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A variety of studies show that solar system comets have aged. As many observations confirm, thermal heating from passing stars, collisions among … more
Planetary Orbits and Bolides
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An interdisciplinary team performed the first long term integration of the solar system’s planetary orbits. They found the orbits of the four … more
Extrasolar Planetary Systems
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Thirteen multiple planet systems have been discovered. These systems, however, all appear to manifest mean motion resonances and apsidal phase … more
Pre-Protostellar Cores
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Recent studies of pre-protostellar cores establish that astronomers really are witnessing and understanding the processes leading to the conception … more
The First Stars
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Young Solar-Type Stars I
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Astronomers discover that solar-type stars younger than 50 million years, in addition to manifesting large unpredictable brightness changes, … more
Young Solar-Type Stars II
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Astronomers discover that spots on the surface of stars, even stars of the same mass as the sun, can attain such large sizes that they generate … more
Solar Irradiance Variability
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Astronomers discover that faculae, large-scale bright solar surface features, contribute 80% of the total solar irradiance variability. To keep this … more
Does the Sun Shrink?
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