10 Animals Launched Into Space
On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space. But he was far from the first living creature to journey outside Earth’s atmosphere. In the past century, humanity has...
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Ever look at clouds and see a rabbit or a dog? Or pop out a piece of toast and see the partially burnt face of Jesus looking at you? This bizarre experience is called pareidolia—a psychological...
View Article10 Space Objects That Are Impossible To Wrap Your Mind Around
Space is pretty cool, and a lot of it is pretty weird. Planets orbit around stars, which die and are reborn, and everything in the galaxy orbits supermassive black holes that slowly pull everything to...
View ArticleTop 10 Contributors to Space Exploration
We learn more about the final frontier every day, but the technology that allows us to probe the cosmos did not appear spontaneously. This list recognizes some of the greatest individual contributors...
View Article10 Theories on the Sun Space and 2012
In the near future, Earth could be faced with the threat of severe atmospheric activity, including solar explosions, near Earth asteroids, and geological anomalies. The Earth is currently traveling...
View ArticleTop 10 Facts Surrounding Comet Elenin
One of the biggest viral news stories of 2011 was the discovery of Comet Elenin (C/2010 X1). For a wide variety of reasons, people began to think the comet posed a threat to Earth. Articles were...
View Article10 Exciting Space Projects We’re Working On Right Now
Space exploration is pretty cool. People have dreamed of utilizing and colonizing our solar system (and beyond) since before we had airplanes, and we learned in the ’60s that we should all be living on...
View Article15 Fastest Things In The Universe
Almost everybody likes speed. The thought of going faster than anyone else has inspired man: everything from countless drag racing movie scenes to the use of steroids in pursuit of the title of...
View Article10 Reasons That We Still Haven’t Found Aliens
The Fermi Paradox, first introduced by physicist Enrico Fermi, asks the question, “Where is everybody?” Or, more specifically, “Where are all the aliens?” When we factor in the size of the universe,...
View Article10 Lesser-Known Historic Comets
Seeing one of the incredible comets that pass by the Earth is one of the greatest pleasures in life. If we are lucky, we will get to see several comets while we are here on this planet. Some will be...
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