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
The IIS is an engineering marvel and one of humanity's biggest accomplishments. Unfortunately, its potential is being wasted and its future is being horribly mismanaged.
# space
How hard would it be to develop space travel on a small, Earth-sized planet with rings posing a constant navigational hazard?
# space
Virgin Galactic has unveiled the first prototype of SpaceShipTwo, the vehicle that will take tourists to the edge of space.
# tech
Robots are a critical component of space exploration. But they're just that, a component.
# astrobiology
There are a lot of reasons to be skeptical that extraterrestrial scientists are roaming our solar system and kidnapping hapless humans for probing.
# tech
Before we explore the universe, robots will have to lead the way. And for them to find the best places to colonize will be to become self-sustaining.
# space
Colony ships wouldn't just be small cities floating through space. They could become their own little, self-contained worlds.
# space
One day, we'll make it to Mars. But before we do that, we have to answer a lot of questions and think really hard about why we're going.
# science
Gravity can be tricky when you don't seem to understand how it works...
# space
Taking a hypothetical trip to one of the most promising candidates for life outside our solar system.