Introduction Close your eyes for a second. When you think of “space,” what do you see? For most of us, it’s the grainy footage of Neil Armstrong, the roar of the Space Shuttle, or maybe the “meatball” logo on a blue flight suit. For decades, space was synonymous with America. It wasn’t just something we
Introduction Why a new theory about “rogue planets” is shaking up our history of the cosmos. Imagine Earth about 4.5 billion years agoin the cosmos. It’s young, it’s hot, and it’s lonely. But according to a wild new theory, it wasn’t alone for long. Floating just beyond our orbit was a mysterious world—not a sibling
Introduction Zombie Comets, Solar Tantrums, and the Fungi That Loves Nukes just total chaos A Field Guide to December 2025’s Weirdest Science News, a way through the chaos Is it just me, or is the universe showing off this week? Which is making chaos If your news feed is anything like mine, it’s currently a
Introduction  I have a confession to make. Back in 2012, when SpaceX first started talking about landing rockets upright, I rolled my eyes. I was sitting in a coffee shop, watching grainy footage of a Falcon 1, and thinking, “Sure, Elon. And I’m going to have a summer home on Mars next week.” It sounded
Introduction There’s something undeniably special about a full moon in December. Perhaps it’s the way it glows through frosty air, or how it seems to hang lower and larger in the winter sky. This year, that magic hits a crescendo: on December 15, 2025, we’ll see the Cold Moon-a full supermoon that coincides with the
Introduction There’s something almost primal about watching a rocket streak into the sky—a mix of human ambition, engineering brilliance, and raw power that never fails to stir the soul. If you’re in Southern California, you’re in luck: a new launch is scheduled at Vandenberg Space Force Base, one of the most active and scenic launch
Introduction: A Giant Leap–Again. Last week, when the earth shook or you saw a fire streak in the Texas sky, you had not been dreaming. Starship is the largest rocket that has been constructed by SpaceX and it just passed another test, and frankly speaking? It’s hard not to get chills. Being a follower of
Introduction Has it ever happened to you that you heard thunder, then looked up and saw nothing? If you live in the reentry region of Florida’s Space Coast or California, it’s possible that you’ve just been thrilled by the Dragon spacecraft coming back to Earth with a thunderous sonic boom. We’ll examine this thunderous sound,
A Life-Saving Discovery in Dense Breasts My story and an important health discovery are featured in this introduction. My best friend, Sarah, got the results of her most recent mammogram two years ago — and they weren’t clear. She was not yet 45, in good health and taken no strong medications, with no sign of
Introduction Dinosaurs remain to be one of the fascinating creatures that are interesting to study due to their vast size, power, and rather unknown lives millions of years ago. One of the most famous of the lot is Tyrannosaurus rex , or T-rex for short, which literally translates to King of the terrible lizards. But
