“The ultimate objective of comparative planetology, it might be said, is something like a vast computer program into which we insert a few input parameters (perhaps the initial mass, composition and angular momentum of a protoplanet and the population of … Continue reading →

[The blockquoted text in brown is from an original news story. The highlighted text is a statement of the "core beliefs" held by astronomers. The regular text is my commentary with short quotations in brown.] The above headline accompanied the … Continue reading →