We know we live in a cosmic shooting gallery. Who’s got their eyes on the sky, and how will we prevent an asteroid strike if we find a dangerous space rock?
Jul 5th: How Do We Protect Earth From Asteroids? – Finding Them
guide to space Archive
Jun 28th: Would We See the Aliens Coming?
UFOs! If the aliens were about to attack Earth, would we get any warning?
Jun 19th: Encore: Are We The First Advanced Civilization in The Solar System?
Are human the first civilization? Could there have been an advanced civilization that walked the Earth millions or even billions of years ago?
May 8th: Are We The First Advanced Civilization in The Solar System?
Humans are believed to be the most technologically advanced civilization that’s ever set foot on Earth, or really anywhere in the Solar System. But are we the first?
Apr 30th: How Do We Know the Universe is Flat?
Apr 25th: What are Globular Clusters?
One of the most beautiful and scientifically interesting objects in space are the globular clusters, containing hundreds of thousands of stars. What are they and where did they come from?
Apr 10th: How Do Supernovae Fail?
You know what’s scarier than a supernova? A supernova that fails, imploding into a black hole, vanishing from the Universe.
Mar 30th: Revisiting Ice Giants of the Solar System
We’ve only seen Uranus and Neptune one time up close. Is It Time To Go Back to Uranus and Neptune?
Mar 23rd: Does Our Galaxy Have a Habitable Zone?
It’s not just our Solar System that has a habitable zone, it turns out our entire galaxy has regions which would be hostile to the formation of life as we know it.
Feb 23rd: What is the Mars Curse? How So Many Spacecraft Failed to Reach Mars
f you’re going to send a spacecraft to Mars, you’ve got to know that place has an insatiable hunger for our plucky robot companions. Why is this place cursed?