Black Hole Singularities Might Not Exist
New research suggests a black hole doesn’t have a point of infinite density. Roy Kerr is a legend. Back in
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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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Why the Lunar South Pole Is Our Next Important Step
The lunar south pole is a treasure trove of science, rife with resources, and will be our springboard to the rest of the solar system.
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The Dark Forest Hypothesis: The Terrifying Reason Why We Should Stop Broadcasting Earth’s Location
One of the many possible solutions to the Fermi Paradox, the dark forest hypothesis suggests that we haven’t heard from
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Why the Spacecraft That Touched the Sun Didn’t Melt
The Parker Solar Probe was the first to enter the Sun’s corona, where temperatures are well over a million degrees. It emerged unscathed.
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The Italian Smorgasbord Happening Inside Neutron Stars
The extraordinarily dense insides of neutron stars serve up large portions of the strongest known substances: quantum spaghetti, lasagna, bucatini, gnocchi, and waffles for dessert.
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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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There Are No Green Stars
When astrophysicists peer into the universe, they see a rainbow spectrum of stars, from cooler red ones on one side to hotter blue ones on the other. In the center of the spectrum, they should see green stars, but they don’t due to the nature of stars and the limitations of the human eye.
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Meet Perseverance, NASA’s New Mars Rover
With a launch date of mid-August 2020, Perseverance is set to join its 4 predecessors–Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity–on the
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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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Stephen Hawking Might Be Right About Black Holes Having “Hair”
Scientists from the University of Waterloo may have just found evidence of gravitational wave echoes, which would prove Hawking’s idea of a quantum fuzz on the edge of black holes true.
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