The International Space Station won’t be around forever, and NASA is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into its potential replacements. One promising candidate is Orbital Reef – a joint venture between Jeff Bezos’s space company Blue Origin and Sierra Space. On Wednesday, NASA reported that Orbital Reef passed four key milestones for some of its most crucial technology, including a … Read more
For centuries, the idea that the Earth is flat was widely accepted as truth. However, with advancements in science, technology, and exploration, the overwhelming consensus among scientists and researchers is that our planet is an oblate spheroid, meaning it is mostly spherical but slightly flattened at the poles. Yet, the notion of a flat Earth … Read more
Gravity is one of the fundamental forces of the universe, responsible for keeping us firmly planted on the Earth and governing the motion of celestial bodies. It is an invisible force that we often take for granted, but have you ever wondered what would happen if gravity were to suddenly disappear? In this article, we … Read more
Nikola Tesla, often referred to as the “father of modern electricity,” was a brilliant inventor and electrical engineer whose work has left an indelible mark on the world. While Tesla is renowned for his contributions to the development of alternating current (AC) electrical systems and numerous patents, his life was also shrouded in mystery and … Read more
A NOAA satellite has captured a stunning view of our planet’s seasons changing — from the vantage point of space. For those of us in the northern hemisphere, the recent chirping of birds and blooming of flowers are welcome signs that spring has arrived — and a new video released by the National Oceanic and … Read more
The Apollo 13 mission is etched in history as one of NASA’s most daring and harrowing space voyages. Launched on April 11, 1970, with the ambitious goal of landing astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., John L. Swigert Jr., and Fred W. Haise Jr. on the moon, the mission took an unexpected turn that captured the … Read more
On October 19th, 2017, astronomers with the Pan-STARRS survey detected an interstellar object (ISO) passing through our Solar System for the first time. The object, known as 1I/2017 U1 Oumuamua, stimulated significant scientific debate and is still controversial today. One thing that all could agree on was that the detection of this object indicated that ISOs regularly enter … Read more
Millions of people will be able to don protective glasses and view a spectacular total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, starting around 1 pm CT. If this sounds familiar, it’s because in 2017, a 70-mile-wide band of the US saw a total solar eclipse, while many other areas saw a partial eclipse. People drove across states and … Read more
If signs of life really do exist on Mars, there’s a chance the Perseverance rover has already rolled over them. Underground radar images suggest it is searching in the perfect spot for fossilized microbial life. As the robotic explorer, nicknamed Percy, wheels across a three-billion-year-old landscape, its instruments have confirmed that at least one Martian … Read more
In the early days of telescopic astronomy, you could only focus on one small region of the sky at a time. Careful observations had to be done by hand, and so much of the breakthrough work centered around a particular object in the sky. A nebula or galaxy, quasar or pulsar. But over the years we’ve … Read more