#24 – Is There Life Beyond Earth? (Part Seven): Exoplanets. (I) Background – September 21, 2025
Summary in Seconds: What if our solar system is just one tiny corner of a universe overflowing with planets? Astronomers now know that worlds beyond the Sun—exoplanets—are everywhere, from fiery lava spheres to frozen giants and even “puffy” planets as light as Styrofoam. Thanks to powerful telescopes like Kepler, TESS, and the James Webb Space […]
#23 – “Can Light Become a Liquid at Absolute Zero.” – August 21, 2025
Summary in seconds: Light seems simple: it helps us see, powers our technology, and fills our world with color. But under extreme conditions, light can behave in ways that sound more like science fiction than science fact. At temperatures close to absolute zero1, researchers have discovered that photons can merge into a strange new state […]
#22 – “James Webb Space Telescope Might Have Found The First Dark Matter Stars” – July 21, 2025.
Summary in Seconds: The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered objects in space that are speculated to be “dark stars,” which would get their energy from dark matter instead of nuclear fusion. If confirmed, these stars could be larger and brighter than ordinary stars. These objects were observed during the “Deep Field Survey of the […]
#21 – “Where Did Dinosaurs Come From?” – June 21, 2025
Summary in Seconds: A new study suggests that dinosaurs may have first evolved in hot, low-latitude regions of ancient Gondwana – areas now part of the Amazon, Congo, and Sahara – much earlier than current fossils indicate. Using modeling to fill gaps in the fossil record, researchers propose that early dinosaurs were small, adaptable creatures […]
#20 – “Is There Life Beyond Earth? (Part Six): Life in Our Backyard. Second: The Moons of Gas Giants – May 21, 2025.
Summary in seconds: As part of investigating the potential for life in our solar system, I presented the question of habitability on two primary planets—Venus and Mars—and an asteroid, Ceres, in the previous article (Part Five) of this series. In this article, I will continue investigating the habitability of life in our backyard, this time […]
#19 – “Is There Life Beyond Earth? (Part Five): Life in our Backyard. First: Two Primary Planets and A Dwarf Planet – April 21, 2025.
Summary in seconds: The potential for life in our solar system includes two planets, Venus and Mars, as well as seven ocean worlds—the moons of the gas giants: Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Io, Titan, Enceladus, and Triton—and one asteroid, Ceres. This article will cover the two primary planets, Venus and Mars, and the dwarf planet Ceres. […]
#18 – “Earth’s Magnetic North Pole is Shifting Toward Siberia and Raising Questions About it’s Unusual Movement” – March 21, 2025.
Summary in seconds: Scientists updated a model that tracks the movement of Earth’s magnetic north pole, as recent changes showed an acceleration in its movement toward Siberia. These changes could affect navigation systems. Although the movement has slowed in recent years, the reasons for this shift are unclear. Continuous updates to the models are necessary […]
#17 – “New SPHEREx Space Telescope to Launch in February, It Can Do What JWST(1) Cannot” – February 21, 2025.
Summary in Seconds: NASA’s SPHEREx mission, is a new space telescope designed to conduct an all-sky infrared survey of the universe. It will map the entire sky in 102 infrared colors every six months. Its goals are to study galaxy formation, cosmic inflation, and to search for icy organics that could explain life’s origins on […]
#16 – NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Breaks Records with Closest Flyby of the Sun
Summary in seconds: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has set a record by flying closer to the Sun than ever before, passing just 3.8 million miles from its surface on December 24, 2024, while traveling at 430,000 mph—the fastest speed for any human-made object. The spacecraft collects data from the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, to […]
#15 – Scientists Uncover a New Path to Interstellar Travel with Warp Drive Technology
Summary in seconds: Scientists are determined to solve the challenges ahead, and innovations in warp technology seem inevitable. For now, this new discovery proves one thing: humanity is officially on the path to interstellar exploration. Imagine jumping on a spaceship and traveling to another star system in just a few weeks. It sounds like something […]