Where Are You? Heaven On Earth (Poetry)

Lying on a bed of leaves my eyes busy as buzzy bees this way there and there in that intently searching where they be at seeking those tantalizing cleaver thieves who unashamedly steal with ease. Oh yes they do they very well do for they took without a crumb of a clue a diamond earring […]

What Would Happen If You Fell Into a Black Hole?

Most of the current hypotheses about what’s happening inside a black hole are mathematically possible. But that doesn’t mean that all of those solutions are actually happening. If you search “black hole” on the internet, at least one of the top results will claim to tell you what could happen if a person fell into […]

What Is ‘Panspermia?’ New Evidence For The Wild Theory That Says We Could All Be Space Aliens

“Lithopanspermia” involves a comet or asteroid striking a planet, in this case Mars, which then … [+] Future Publishing via Getty Images Imagine if NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover—now on its way to the red planet—discovered microbial life there.It would change everything we know about life in the Solar System and far beyond.Or would it? What […]

Earth Is Suddenly Spinning Faster. Why Our Planet Just Recorded Its Shortest Day Since Records Began

Our planet set a record for completing one rotation faster than scientists had ever previously recorded, according to TimeAndDate.com. Earth rotated once around its axis on Wednesday, June 29, in 1.59 milliseconds less than 24 hours.Hang on! Earth takes exactly 24 hours to rotate once on its axis, right? Almost, yes, but not exactly. What […]

Seriously, What’s Making All These Mysterious Space Signals

In astronomy, the study of fast radio bursts can sometimes feel like a game of Clue. Astronomy can be, in some ways, a bit like the classic board game Clue. Scientists explore a sprawling but ultimately contained world, collecting pieces of information and testing out theories about a big mystery. You can’t cover every corner, […]