Trojans May Yet Rain Down - A look at Neptunian Trojans and their potential as reservoirs as short-period comets.
Does a "Rock Comet" Generate the Geminids? - Can rocky bodies produce the stream that causes the Geminid Meteor Shower?
White Dwarf Pulsars? - Can white dwarfs pump out cosmic rays like the standard Neutron Star variety?
Electric Resistance May Make Hot Jupiters Puffy - Does a magnetic interaction with stellar winds heat hot Jupiters and make them expand?
The Case of the Missing Bulges - Why do some galaxies have bigger bulges than others?
A Varying Fine Structure Constant? - Does the fine structure constant vary in different places in the universe?
The Hercules Satellite: A Galactic Transitional Fossil - Is the Hercules Satellite galaxy on the verge of being eaten by the Milky Way?
Type II-P Supernovae as a New Standard Candle - Can these supernovae be normalized to tell distances?
The Thick Disk: Galactic Construction Project or Galactic Rejects - How his the thick disk of the Milky Way formed?
Sean Carroll has some commentary on the The fine-structure constant here
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Sean Carroll has some commentary on the The fine-structure constant here
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