Planet 9 Might Be Lurking in the Darkness
Evidence is mounting for a ninth planet hiding in the outer solar system. Babylonian priests first documented the 5 planets
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Astronomy
Why Is the Night Sky Dark? The Profound Solution to Olbers’ Paradox
It may seem silly to wonder why it’s dark at night, but with so many stars in the universe, the night sky should be completely illuminated, a conundrum today known as Olbers’ paradox.
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Rocketing Towards the Dreaded Kessler Syndrome
Earth has a space junk problem. The amount of debris from the collisions of orbiting manmade objects is growing, bringing us closer to the Kessler Syndrome, in which launching new spacecraft and satellites is impossible.
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The Universe Is Being Ripped Apart
Einstein’s Relativity tells us the speed of light is the universal speed limit. Distant galaxies, though, are moving away from us much faster due to the expansion of spacetime, which will eventually rip the universe apart.
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Colonizing Mars Is a Terrible Idea
Mars is surprisingly hostile to humans. With global storms, magnetic micro-dust, harmful radiation, freezing temperatures–just to name a few–the surface
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The Milky Way Should Be Full of Intelligent Civilizations
Plugging new measurements into the famous Drake Equation suggests our galaxy should be bustling with activity.
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Why the James Webb Space Telescope is Awesome
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is set to radically change our understanding of the universe.
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