Do dark worlds abound? (Credit: NASA/Artist’s Concept).
They’re out there, Man… I don’t know why, but Sunday morning our thoughts always turn toward ideas of cosmic death and destruction here at ye’ ole Astroguyz HQ… a recent study published in the journal of Nature suggests a startling possibility; that free-floating gas giant planets may be common in our galaxy; more common, in fact, than stars by a ratio of 2:1 in favor of the dark worlds. [Read more...]
A Close Pre-Historic Brush with Scholz’s Star
An artist’s conception of Scholz’s Star and its brown dwarf companion passing through the outer solar system.
(Credit: Michael Osadciw/University of Rochester).
A fascinating announcement out of the Astrophysical Journal caught our eye last week, as researchers announced that a newly discovered star made a close pass through our very own solar system some 70,000 years ago. [Read more...]