Space

The James Webb Telescope is expected to be operational by the end of June 2022. — At heart, science is the quest for awesome — the literal awe that you feel when you understand something profound for the first time. It’s a feeling we are all born with, although it often gets lost as we grow up and more mundane concerns take over our…

From Human Eggs to the discovery of Super-Earths, I bet these discoveries will leave you stunned! — 1. Extra-Galactic Planets Astronomers believe they’ve spotted the first extragalactic exoplanet beyond our own galaxy. Residing some 28 million light-years away near the heart of the Whirlpool Galaxy, the binary system M51-ULS-1 consists of either a neutron star or a black hole that’s tangling with a more standard companion star.

Ernst Mach’s principle explains how the stars have a profound influence on our physical reality. — Astrology is complete nonsense. Sorry, but it is true. For hundreds and thousands of years, astrologers have claimed that distant stars influence our personality and destiny. However, there is no actual scientific support for these claims. …

Much of the International Space Station is available to rent — The Pay Transparency Movement is gaining momentum, leading millions of workers to wonder what their time is worth. Most pay transparency seekers have down-to-earth jobs. But what if your 9–5 involves soaring around the earth at 17,000 MPH on a spacecraft like the International Space Station (ISS)? How much is…

Our ability to understand our universe is constantly frustrated by our inability to get a different perspective on the 3D structures that litter the sky. If you are lucky enough to live in the Southern Hemisphere, a peek into a telescope at the Tarantula Nebula reveals clouds of gas, dust…

For a thousand light-years in all directions, there’s a “bubble” that the Sun sits at the center of. Here’s the story behind it. — When we look out at the Universe, what we see is typically what we think of: the points of light. Depending on the scales we’re looking at, this can come in the form of stars, galaxies, or even clusters of galaxies, but it’s almost always information that comes to…

Some of them want to go to space before the world blows up. When their ships spring a leak, what will they do? — We live in a surplus society. That means that after the day is done, we have enough resources left over to create and enjoy the conveniences of modern life. A tiny fraction of us actually works on a farm to produce the food we eat today. The rest of us…