Articles by James Fite

Out past Jupiter lies our solar system’s second largest planet, the gas giant Saturn. It is one of the most intriguing members of our system, with its most impressive – but not only – ring system and with its most… Read More

Earth may be the biggest of the inner planets, but it has nothing on the giants of the outer solar system. And there’s no planet in the system bigger than the fifth from the sun, Jupiter. But that isn’t the… Read More

On this trek through time, we land on a much more familiar planet than in the previous eons. It’s an ancient and still alien Earth, but over the course of about two billion years, the world went through extreme changes,… Read More

Welcome to the fastest moving planet in our solar system: Mercury. In fact, speed isn’t the only record it holds. It’s the smallest, the closest to the sun, and the one with the shortest year as well. Mercury is a… Read More

Did you know Earth has a sister planet? Some even use the term evil twin! Venus is similar to Earth – it is the only other of the inner planets with any significant atmosphere. Yet it’s still alien enough to… Read More

It’s time once again to travel back in time to the early age of Earth’s formative years – This time, to just after the violent Hadean Eon. When Earth finally emerged from the fire and turbulence of that first formative… Read More

Was there ever life on Mars? Could it be humanity’s next celestial destination? For thousands of years, Earth’s little red neighbor has inspired questions and legends alike. Mars – Bringer of War Mars, the fourth planet from the sun, is… Read More

Imagine if asteroids, comets, and other extraterrestrial bodies constantly bombarded Earth, leaving no moon and very little – if any – atmosphere. Now imagine instead of water, our planet were covered in vast seas of molten rock, and any solid… Read More

Of all the planets orbiting our sun, Earth is the strangest. Is that an odd thing to say – that the planet we’re most familiar with is the most unique? All worlds are somewhat different, but ours stands out as… Read More

Do you know what began in the Archean eon? How about what kind of critters were alive during the Mesozoic era, the Cretaceous period, or the Eocene epoch? For that matter, what are an eon, era, period, or epoch? Hang… Read More

In 1972, both chambers of Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and sent it to the states for ratification. It fell short. End of story, right? Wrong. Every so often, this most famous of unratified amendments is brought up… Read More

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a man from El Salvador who illegally entered the United States. He claims to have fled his home country due to gang violence, but he has also been accused of being a member of notorious gang… Read More