How the solar system got its ‘Great Divide,’ and why it matters for life on Earth
In the mountains, “the Great Divide causes water to drain one way or another”
Author: Kit Daniels
EU Removes National Flags From European Parliament, Farage Says
Bureaucrats trying to stop the anti-EU revolt from spreading across Europe
Two US Airmen Found Dead in German Base Dormitory Room
The airmen’s identities will not be released until at least 24 hours after their family members have been notified
Vanishing water MYSTERY casts doubt over Mars colonization plans
Previous studies had already established that water vapor escapes the Martian atmosphere via violent dust storms
Trio of galaxies spotted reshaping universe around them as they emerge from ‘COSMIC DARK AGE’
This trio, located some 13 billion light-years away, is just now leaving the darkness
Retail Apocalypse Surges Into 2020: No End In Sight
Everyone moving to online sales
IRS Audits Plummet To Lowest Level In Four Decades
Years of budget cuts and a heavier workload are to blame for the steady erosion of audit
Mexico issues yellow alert after Popocatepetl volcano erupts spectacularly
Officials say the volcanic blast sent up a column of smoke about 3 kilometers high
Stellar heavy metals can trace history of galaxies
Right after the Big Bang, the universe contained only hydrogen and helium
“Low” Tax Rates Often Mask Much Larger Tax Burdens
Misleadingly “low” tax rates that burden people much more heavily than most realize
Exoplanet Spiraling Towards Its ‘Death’ Spotted for the First Time
Researchers have long suspected that having a close proximity to stars eventually brings about the demise of “hot Jupiters”
How the US Wages War to Prop Up the Dollar
In short US foreign policy is geared very much toward controlling oil resources as part of a larger strategy to prop up the US dollar
Ancient North Star Undergoes Eclipses
While astronomers previously knew this was a binary system, the mutual eclipses came as a complete surprise
Famous photogenic black hole spotted spitting out matter at nearly the SPEED OF LIGHT
Particles could travel at more than 99 percent of the speed of light, but they could not outrun physics itself
Binary star V Sagittae to explode as very bright nova by century’s end
Will become as bright as the brightest star in the night sky