NASA Pinpoints the Exact Second Voyager 1 Will Be One Light-Day From Earth
NASA has pinpointed the exact moment Voyager 1 will reach one light-day from Earth: 2:16 a.m. on November 18, 2026. At that point, the probe will be roughly 16 billion miles away. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 continues to set records as the most distant human-made object ever sent into space.
The Milky Way’s Most Mysterious Structure Was Never What We Thought
Scientists have finally solved a 40-year-old mystery surrounding a massive structure that towers over the Milky Way galaxy. The discovery brings long-awaited answers to a puzzle that has puzzled researchers for decades. While the structure’s unusual appearance has been compared to an enormous feature rising above our galaxy, the findings shed new light on the complex forces shaping the Milky Way.
One Writer Fired Tiny Pottery in Her Microwave and Learned Some Hard Lessons
When Ceramics Gets Even Smaller — and More Chaotic Ceramics, it turns out, is an emotionally devastating hobby. Pieces get ruined at every stage — on the wheel while throwing, on the wheel while trimming, with a paintbrush while glazing. For writer Nicole Carpenter, the…
Space Is Bad for Making Babies, New Chinese Research Confirms
A Major Hurdle for Humanity’s Space Ambitions If humanity ever hopes to build permanent colonies on the Moon or Mars, we’ll need to figure out how to reproduce beyond Earth. A landmark new study from Chinese scientists has delivered a sobering reality check: space is…
Curiosity Rover Finds Giant Honeycomb Formations on Mars That Defy Easy Explanation
An Unexpected Pattern in Gale Crater Nearly 14 years into its mission on the Red Planet, NASA’s Curiosity rover has stumbled onto something that stopped scientists in their tracks. The rover encountered a baffling pattern of polygonal shapes in Gale Crater, described by researchers as…
Space Rock That Crashed Into a New Jersey Bedroom Holds Clues to the Origins of Life
A Cosmic Intruder Lands in a Bedroom On July 16, 2024, observers across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania reported seeing a fireball streaking across the daytime sky. As the object whizzed by just south of the Statue of Liberty, it caused…
Astronomers Crack a Decades-Long Mystery and Find a Hidden Black Hole in a Massive Star Cluster
A Missing Black Hole, Finally Found The massive globular star cluster Omega Centauri has puzzled astronomers for decades. It should be filled with black holes left behind by exploding stars, yet evidence for them has been scarce — until now. University of Utah astronomers harnessed…
A Viral Simulation Reveals Just How Terrifyingly Fast the Space Station Moves
A Speed That Defies Comprehension Most of us have glanced up at the night sky and spotted the International Space Station — a steady, bright dot gliding silently overhead. It looks almost peaceful. But a viral simulation created using Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 has shattered…
SpaceX Hits 637 Booster Landings as Starlink Constellation Surpasses 10,700 Satellites
Another Launch, Another Milestone Liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base took place on Monday, July 13, at 6:28:17 p.m. PDT. SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit on a Falcon 9 rocket, with the Starlink 15-14 mission adding 27…
Sharks Are Smarter Than You Think and Science Keeps Proving It
The Ocean’s Most Misunderstood Genius While sharks are often thought to be mindless predators driven solely by their instinct and voracious hunger, science suggests they’re actually pretty clever and good learners. The more researchers study these ancient animals, the more they discover capabilities that blur…
