Have you ever wondered why some stars shine brighter than others? Or why some stars are red while others are blue and white? If you look at the life cycle of a star, you will quickly realize that [...]

Because in many ways, fusion energy would be an almost perfect source of energy. The fuel itself, which is mostly deuterium, is found abundantly in Earth’s ocean. One out of every 6,500 hydrogen [...]

Many of us have looked up at the stars and wondered if anyone else is out there. If you’ve ever wondered where everybody is, you’ve encountered the Fermi paradox. The best place to start to [...]

A space elevator is exactly what it sounds like: a gigantic elevator stretching from the Earth into space. Other than being really cool, why would we want to do this? Well, it might be the next [...]

Put simply, emergence is when the sum of the parts has properties not found in any of the parts. It’s the old adage, “the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.” But what does that mean? [...]

The name might prompt a familiar headache that you remember from high school physics class, but quantum entanglement is surprisingly fascinating. And the potential applications grab the [...]

Hurricanes and tornadoes and earthquakes are the extreme weather events we’re familiar with. This year showed us some that we weren’t so familiar with as well, like the...

Could humans one day live on Mars? Elon Musk and SpaceX think so. In a recent SpaceX launch, the technology that could bring people to Mars has been tested and people could begin their journey as [...]

What is a black hole? How do we even know they exist? What are the true facts about black holes? The history of black hole discovery is cool, but the science behind it is even more interesting. [...]

How big is space and the universe? The answer is more complicated than you would think. By using some basic assumptions we can conclude that...