We’ve all done it—or at least watched as someone else did. A helium balloon is released into the sky, floating quietly upward as we stand below, watching until it’s a...
We’ve all seen the movie scenes—massive explosions rattle entire mountain ranges, shockwaves ripple through the earth, and somewhere, seismic alarms start blaring. Dramatic? Absolutely. Scientifically accurate? Not even close. But...
You’ve probably heard it somewhere: “The solstice is the longest (or shortest) day of the year.” But have you ever wondered—what about the days right before and after? Are they...
It sounds like something straight out of science fiction: seeing an individual atom. A single building block of matter, so small that millions would fit across the width of a...
When you hear “black hole,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Probably a strange, mysterious void… maybe even the idea of things being swallowed forever into an inescapable...