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
How do we know what the insides of Venus or Jupiter look like? The short answer is that we don’t. The longer answer is that we make a fairly accurately guess.
# space
Space is becoming a growing commercial industry. And we need to start heavily investing in it to save ourselves from our worst decision makers.
# space
A new mission to Mercury will test a quirk of general relativity. It won’t be decisive and will involve a lot of precision measurement and tedious number-crunching. And it’s exactly the kind of science we should be encouraging.
# space
A recent Pew study about American attitudes on space exploration may seem like exciting news for NASA and space exploration advocates, but it doesn’t ask the questions that really matter.
# space
We need big ideas if we're going to successfully transition to a post-industrial society.
# astrobiology
The TRAPPIST-1 solar system is the most unique one we've seen so far and could offer amazing possibilities for life.
# science
We still know very little about the closest extrasolar world we've discovered, including whether it's suitable for life.
# space
A proposal for a Martian habitat wants to use the power of water for both structural support and radiation shielding.
# space
Despite the details still left to figure out, the Interplanetary Transport System is a solid start to a real infrastructure for space exploration.
# astrobiology
If you can trust anyone to point out a genuine UFO, it's an astronaut. Sadly, they might be just as misinformed or probe to personal biases as the rest of us.