Exploring bleeding edge experiments, oddities, new and bizarre dicoveries, and fact-checking conspiracy theories since 2008. No question is out of bounds and no topic is too strange for a deep dive.
# science
Yet another study promising to help us find a planet beyond the orbit of Pluto fails. So, where exactly is Planet Nine? And why haven’t we found it?
# oddities
Proving that we can’t just have nice things in the age of social media, the conspiracy theory industry jumped on the first images from JWST.
# space
With the successful launch and deployment of the James Webb Space Telescope, a lot of researchers and science enthusiasts are wondering if it could actually help us find alien life.
# podcast
Impress your friends and family with some surprising facts about space and the weird stuff floating in it to start 2022.
# space
A group of scientists want Pluto to be considered a planet again, even if hundreds of other objects earn the same rank.
# space
Looking for worlds around other stars shows us just how weird and unusual our planet really is in the grand scheme of things.
# space
Astronomers detected a new, strange signal from the heart of our galaxy to the delight of social media users ready for a sign from an alien civilization…
# space
When stars get too close to each other the encounters can end in cannibalism, massive explosions, and even parasitic infestations.
# space
Neutron stars’ thunder is usually stolen by black holes, but these bizarre objects living on the edge of physics create plenty of fascinating phenomena all on their own.
# space
Water usually means life. But could too much water snuff out life before it has a chance to evolve?