Author: Daniel Tom

Astronauts on the International Space Station see remarkable views of Earth every day, but one phenomenon never fails to awe them: the aurora. European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet shared a jaw-dropping photo of the polar lights from his vantage point about 250 miles (402km) above Earth on Friday. It’s among the best images of…

Scientists have modeled the molten surfaces of 16 different types of lava worlds in the laboratory, creating a catalog of basic types of rocky exoplanet that astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope can reference to characterize alien worlds. Some terrestrial exoplanets orbit so close to their stars that temperatures reach up to 5,400 degrees…

Fall has arrived, and the night sky is becoming increasingly crowded as the Orionid meteor shower begins. Every year, the shower happens throughout the fall season, peaking in the third week of October. When the shower is at its peak in the third week of October, spectators can see roughly 15 meteors per hour on…

Because our universe is so huge, it appears that nothing else could exist. Experts believe we may be in a 4-dimensional black hole. Our universe began at the singularity, an infinitely hot and dense point in space. According to CERN experts like James Beecham, black holes in our universe may be characterized in the same…

It’s the same size and cargo capacity as the Nimitz, always good to see more carriers but not sure what made the video creator say this one Shocked the world. It’s a modern Nimitz, it’s not like a leap from Midway class to Forrestal.You can’t sink it. So why does it need so much protection.…

We are aware of how skewed our perception of reality is. How we see the world is shaped by our senses, our societies, and our knowledge. And you may want to rethink your belief that science will always provide you with objective reality. Physicists can now verify a hypothesis that Nobel Prize winner Eugen Wigner…

It turns out that our moon isn’t alone out there, orbiting our planet on its own. Earth has a companion in space which has been orbiting our world for over a century, and NASA has only recently spotted it. 1 is the loneliest number, particularly when you are a single moon orbiting a planet that…

You Can Finally Watch The Blast of a Cosmic Supernova With Your Own Eyes A ghostly “hand” reaching through the cosmos has just revealed new information about massive stars’ violent deaths. The spectacular structure is the ejecta from a core-collapse supernova, which astronomers have been able to observe as it blasts into space at around…

We don’t have to worry too much about our Sun. It can burn our skin, and it can emit potent doses of charged material – called solar storms – that can damage electrical systems. But the Sun is alone up there, making things simpler and more predictable. Other stars are locked in relationships with one…

What allows the C-130 to do short landings is the reverse thrust capability of the turboprop engines. These engines have the same power in reverse as they do forward. Totally giving this a thumbs up as I had no idea they landed C-130s on carriers… but somehow the last half of this video seemed to…