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.
# astrobiology
Just because an alien invasion is very unlikely doesn't mean we shouldn't spend at least some time and effort preparing for the possibility...
# space
It's been half a century since the first human slipped into orbit around our planet. And while we've done a lot in space since then, we haven't done nearly enough.
# space
The future of space exploration should be one of our top priorities as a species. Unfortunately, its continuation, much less success, is not guaranteed.
# tech
It's hard to understate just how ambitious a project to visit another star would have to be in order to truly succeed.
# space
Kepler's first survey gives us a list of over 1,200 new potential planets and shows that terrestrial planets may be as common as we hoped.
# space
Tau Zero Foundation's founder's interpretation of the Earth's energy generation projections profoundly misunderstands its own point.
# space
Space reporters are wondering how NASA will navigate its rivalry with private rocketeers. But NASA is actually very happy to have company.
# space
Single stage to orbit spacecraft have been mothballed for decades. But with the potential of space tourism, there may be an incentive to take another run at designing them.
# science
An awful lot is riding on JWST and there's a huge risk that if something goes wrong, deep space astronomy could be set back decades.
# space
Ads for extrasolar attractions and preemptively naming cities on an alien world are all well and good. But what will it take to really start colonizing a distant planet?