A photon from a star billions of light-years away takes no time to reach a telescope. It’s not too little time. There is nothing. That result is not a measured or poetic way of speaking. It comes directly from the mathematics of special relativity, and it points to another strange thing about the nature of … Read more
NASA astronauts are set to take off Wednesday on a 10-day journey that will propel them to the moon, marking the first human return to the lunar surface in more than half a century. The Lockheed Martin-built Orion capsule, which sits on a Boeing-made Space Launch System rocket, is scheduled to launch at 6.24 pm … Read more
Science and energy production are closely linked. In recent years, we have made several amazing scientific discoveries that may hold the future of energy production in their hands. But to realize the strange condition of the matter that existed considered impossible for more than 50 years it may hold the answers to powering our future … Read more
While visiting the National Air and Space Museum in January 2026, a visitor asked this insightful question: “Why did it take so long to return to the Moon?” After all, NASA had the knowledge and technology to send humans to the moon more than 50 years ago as part of the Apollo program. And, as … Read more
The asteroid that recently dominated the headlines, 3I/ATLAS, may be between 10 and 12 billion years old, a new analysis of the isotopic composition of the comet has shown. This so-called “invader” in our planetary system is only the third object reported to enter our cosmic environment from beyond. If these predictions of new comet … Read more
For more than two decades, textbooks and science fairs have been telling the same story that the universe is not only expanding, but accelerating. Now a new wave of data is quietly shaking up that picture and giving new life to a mysterious ending called the Big Crunch, where everything in the universe finally collapses … Read more