[BLOG] Some science links

[rfmcdonald]

• Centauri Dreams looks at the nascent planets of HL Tauri, notes the water ice mountains of Titan, and notes the implications of red dwarfs for SETI searches.


• Discover's The Crux looks at the moving frontiers of nuclear fusion research.


• D-Brief suggests the Moon has a critical influence on Earth's magnetic field and notes a new effort to track down the Wow signal in two of our solar system's comets.


• The Dragon's Gaze notes that 55 Cancri e is likely a lava world and looks at starless planet PSO J318.5338−22.8603.


• The Dragon's Tales studies the magic islands of Titan's Ligeia Mare and notes that world's ethane cycle.


• The Map Room Blog shares new maps of Switzerland and a gravity map of Mars.


• The Planetary Society Blog's Emily Lakdawalla reports on Ceres, while elsewhere the massive cuts to the Russian space budget are explored.