We Need to Grow Up and Accept That Pluto is Not a Planet Anymore
When I was a kid, I grew up learning that there are nine planets. It was ingrained into our very being that we needed to know the planets from Mercury to Pluto. We were taught tricks to remember them,...
View ArticleVampire Stars
An international team of scientists in Chile have begun to study what are known as “O-type” stars, which have very high temperature, mass, and brightness. These stars live short and violent lives and...
View ArticleThe Pulsar Glitch
Pulsars are the “beacons” of space. They are tiny, burnt out stars which emit regular pulses of gamma rays. Pulsars normally act in a similar way, but scientists have recently found one with “hiccups.”...
View ArticleA Three-Dimensional Map of The Sky (VIDEO)
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-III) has released the largest three-dimensional map of massive galaxies and distant black holes ever created. The map pinpoints the locations and distances of over a...
View ArticleThe 2012 Perseid Meteor Shower
The annual Perseid meteor shower is coming up, and is slated to be at its peak on August 11-12th. In a clear, dark sky, there may be as many as 60 bright meteors per hour, some with smoke trails that...
View ArticleSugar Particles Found in Deep Space
Sugar molecules have been found in the gas surrounding a young sun-like star, suggesting that some of the building blocks of life may actually be present even as alien planets are still forming in the...
View ArticleWhat is Reality?
Every black hole contains another universe? What exactly is “consciousness?” What is the root of this signal? The imagination is the real force behind evolution.
View ArticleLargest Structure in The Universe Discovered
Astronomers have discovered the largest known structure in the universe, a clump of active galactic cores that stretches 4 billion light-years from end to end. The structure is a large quasar group...
View ArticleHarvard Astronomers Say Earth-Like Planets Are Right Next Door
Using publicly available data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) have found that six percent of red dwarf stars have habitable,...
View ArticleArtificial Structures Found on Mars (VIDEO)
Now, I am not saying that I believe everything in this. In fact, I am more so challenging anyone equipped to do so to disprove this lecture. But, until disproved, I feel that the evidence is both...
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