We can explore the farthest reaches of the Universe, but can’t even complete our own cosmic backyard. The history of astronomy has been a history of receding horizons. The invention […]
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If we know how big the observable Universe is, why can’t we figure out how big the unobservable part is? 13.8 billion years ago, the Big Bang occurred. The Universe was […]
Technology’s rapid advances may slow down, limiting our possibilities.
Breakthrough Starshot is moving ahead with an audacious vision for space exploration.
When two different techniques give two different results, either someone is wrong, or something incredible is happening. Imagine you were a scientist attempting to measure some property of the Universe. […]
Despite its prominence in our collective imagination, variations in metabolism play a minor role in obesity.
Did you know? Looped music has been used a means of torture.
Scientists are highly skeptical, but such “cosmic wanderlust” isn’t a bad thing.
Multi-messenger astronomy further widens our window to the universe.
While nothing is ever certain about the future, here are 10 great achievements you can bet on. Every year, unexpected scientific discoveries challenge what we know. Observations using the Atacama Large […]
North Korea’s statements, actions, and the physics of how to do it all point to the same terrifying conclusion. There are few things in this world that have the capability […]
Humanity has mapped the Milky Way better than ever with ESA’s Gaia. But 1.7 billion stars later, there are still no Dyson spheres. Perhaps the greatest ‘holy grail’ in all of […]
Tracking project establishes northern Argentina is wintering ground of Swainson’s hawks
By 2022, there may be as many as three artificial moons floating above the city of Chengdu.
“One small step for man” costs a lot of money. Who’s going to help pay the bill for the next bout of space exploration?
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If spacetime is like a fabric, and mass bends it, what flattens it back out again? Matter tells space how to curve, and curved space tells matter how to move. That’s […]
Planets can ‘discover’ nuclear power on their own, naturally, without any intelligence. Earth did it 1.7 billion years before humans. If you were hunting for alien intelligence, looking for a surefire […]
Dark energy means that the Universe’s expansion is accelerating. But how big will it get, and how fast? Our Universe, as we observe it today, is a vast, enormous place, full […]
A case for looking beyond the planetary scientist’s (or even the astronomer’s) definition. Ever since 2006, when the International Astronomical Union (IAU) officially defined the term planet — introducing the term ‘dwarf […]
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MIT is working on something that will change how we use energy in dramatic ways.
A new paper in Nature adds urgency to the fight against climate change.
Apple reports that it has completed an aggressive, years-long effort to reduce its environmental footprint.
The potential of blockchain might have been ruined for you by your unemployed cousin who wears Balenciagas to Thanksgiving dinner and told you to enter into the cryptocurrency market at […]
Dark matter’s naysayers latched onto one tiny puzzle. This new find may have solved it completely. Imagine the largest cosmic smashup you can. Take the largest gravitationally bound structures we […]
A new paper estimates the low and high end of total electricity consumption by the Bitcoin network, but not all agree with the methodology.
Are we standing on the brink of Mutually Assured Destruction?