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.
# space
Imagine stars millions of times larger than the Sun powered by black holes. It sounds too bizarre to be true, but scientists think they may be responsible for today’s universe.
# 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.
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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.
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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.
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Looking for worlds around other stars shows us just how weird and unusual our planet really is in the grand scheme of things.
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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…
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When stars get too close to each other the encounters can end in cannibalism, massive explosions, and even parasitic infestations.
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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.