It’s easy to think of Earth as a small blue marble floating in an endless galaxy—but have you ever stopped to wonder: how far have actual, physical parts of Earth...
It’s hard to wrap your head around: the Sun is nearly 93 million miles away, a churning ball of fire we can’t ever touch or sample directly. And yet, scientists...
Imagine trying to take a clear photo of flickering candlelight from across a football field — while standing in a swimming pool. That’s what astronomers face when observing stars through...
Here’s a wild thought: if you spent a few months floating around in zero gravity, you might come back to Earth with weaker bones than a 90-year-old and muscles too...
Here’s something mind-bending: Jupiter is over 300 times more massive than Earth, yet unlike a rocky planet, it doesn’t have a solid surface. So why doesn’t it look like a...
Ever looked at a map of Mars and wondered why you can still spot massive, ancient craters—millions of years old—etched into its surface? Meanwhile, Earth, despite being equally battered by...
Imagine holding a chunk of Mars in your hands—right here on Earth. Sounds like science fiction, right? But believe it or not, scientists have identified dozens of meteorites on Earth...
Imagine baking a cake… and ending up with a solar system. Sounds impossible, right? But that’s kind of what the universe did after the Big Bang. At first glance, the...
For decades, textbooks taught us a neat answer: the Milky Way spans about 100,000 light-years across. Case closed, right? Not so fast. What if that number you’ve heard your whole...
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...