What is an axion? How could axions make a star, and what does that have to do with dark matter? What would these stars look like?
Feb 18th: Are There Invisible Stars in the Universe
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Feb 4th: Could We Travel to Parallel Universes?
Jan 21st: What Are the Weirdest Hypothetical Particles?
Are dark photons as sinister as they sound? What did the curvaton do in the early universe? And is everything really made of preons?
Jan 7th: What Are the Weirdest Hypothetical Particles?
Are dark photons as sinister as they sound? What did the curvaton do in the early Universe? And is everything really made of preons?
Dec 17th: What Makes the Sun’s Corona So Dang Hot?
How can the solar corona be hotter than the surface? What has the Parker Solar probe learned so far? What do magnetic fields have to do with all this?
Dec 3rd: Could Any Supernova Harm the Earth?
Are we “in range” of any potential supernovae? Has the Earth ever been hit in the past? What about gamma-ray bursts from across the galaxy?
Nov 19th: How Exactly Do Black Holes Merge?
How do black holes get close enough to merge? What causes them to emit gravitational waves, and where do the waves come from?
Nov 5th: Is it Time to Redefine the Planet?
How did Pluto get demoted? What makes a planet a planet anyway? Why do we now have so many different kinds of planets, and should we make things simpler?
Oct 15th: How Could We Turn the Sun into a Telescope?
How do gravitational lenses work? Where would a spacecraft need to be to use the Sun’s gravity as a telescope? What could we learn about exoplanets with this on weird trick?