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The discovery could help astronauts find better ways to grow food in space.
Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb claimed to track down and find alien spherules on the ocean bottom. Here’s the sober truth.
In 1957, humanity launched our first satellite; today’s number is nearly 10,000, with 500,000+ more planned. Space is no longer pristine.
This technological feat changes our cosmic history.
Beyond stars, galaxies, and gravity, studying the fundamental workings of nature reveals widely applicable lessons for learners everywhere.
Here on Earth, we commonly use terms like weight (in pounds) and mass (in kilograms) as though they’re interchangeable. They’re not.
Ancient helium-3 from the dawn of time leaks from the Earth, offering clues to our planet’s formation. A key question is where it leaks from.
“The movement is much bigger than Sam Bankman-Fried, or any one person, no matter how wealthy,” philosopher Peter Singer told Big Think.
Whether NASA likes it or not, humans eventually will be having space sex.
We once thought the Moon was completely airless, but it turns out it has an atmosphere, after all. Even wilder: It has a tail of its own.
Valles Marineris on Mars is 10 times longer and three times deeper than Earth’s Grand Canyon.
The largest moon in our Solar System, often overlooked, is a water-rich world. Does that mean life? Here on Earth, life took hold very early on in our planet’s history, and […]
Some astrobiologists believe life is rare, while others believe it is common in the Universe. How can we find out which view is correct?
Scientists at Washington University are patenting a new electrolyzer designed for frigid Martian water.
It may be old tech, but it’s super-reliable.
With the invention of the leap year, the Julian calendar was used worldwide for over 1500 years. Over time, it led only to catastrophe.
We know more about the universe than what is beneath our feet. But Earth’s mantle holds subtle clues about our planet’s past.
Scientists discover surviving viruses in 15,000-year-old glacier ice on the Tibetan Plateau in China.
If you want to understand what the Universe is, how it began, evolved, and will eventually end, astrophysics is the only way to go.
Zircons in a Martian meteorite widens the possible timeframe for life on Mars.
Perfectionism is on the rise, and its consequences for mental health can be devastating. The Japanese philosophy of “wabi sabi” can help.
The shift from steam to electricity was inevitable — but some foresaw it earlier than others.
A new study shows that the Bernardinelli-Bernstein Comet is much larger than previously thought — potentially the largest ever spotted.
At its biggest for the next 15 years, it’s still much smaller than the Moon. On October 6, 2020, Mars makes its closest approach to Earth until 2035. Earth orbits in […]
The universe’s largest seismometer reveals clues about the Gas Giant’s interior.
A Harvard astronomer went to the bottom of the ocean, claiming he recovered alien technology. But what does the science actually indicate?
A study reports that people think those with similar personality traits look alike and vice versa.
Science has come a long way since Mary Shelley penned “Frankenstein.” But we still grapple with the same questions.
An ancient Martian meteorite carries with it some compelling implications.