This may seem like a silly question, especially if you don’t intend on flying up into space any time soon. However, researchers have gone the extra mile to find out how the brain reacts to outer space, and the results may surprise you. A new study, which looked at the brains of astronauts before and after …
It’s all finally coming to an end. The Universe is ready to say farewell, according to an international team of scientists. Researchers have charted its decline into darkness after analyzing its energy output, the Christian Science Monitor reports. As it turns out, our universe is only generating half as much energy as it did about two …
Ever since we decided to kick Pluto out of our model of the “perfect” solar system, the dwarf planet has been relatively forgotten — until now. Close-up images of Pluto started being released by NASA during the week of July 13 after the New Horizons spacecraft took some snapshots during a flyby. Additionally, New Horizons …
Buzz Aldrin has had plenty to say in terms of Mars exploration as of late. Back in March, he posted a photo of himself on Twitter wearing a T-shirt that read, “Get Your Ass to Mars.” If you can’t tell yet, he really, really wants NASA to make the Red Planet its focus. Now, it seems that …
This month, the Hubble Space Telescope officially turns 25. To be more exact, it’ll celebrate its birthday on April 24. There’s no telling if a cake from NASA will be coming, but one thing is for certain — the Hubble has seen a lot over its years in the vast, dark world of space. Hubble began its …
Sometimes, we forget that we’re all just teeny, tiny fragments of life floating through outer space. No, let’s be honest: we forget that a lot. There’s nothing more effective at bringing us back to reality than images of space and the blue planet we call Earth. Now, everyone will have access to images of the …
Editor’s note: This post has been updated and broken links removed. Please see our policy on broken hyperlinks for more. In the article “10 Scientific Ideas that Scientists Wish You Would Stop Misusing,” Annalee Newitz spotlights a few common scientific misconceptions. To halt the trend, learners need accurate information, in a way they can process it, at …