Tag: science
Someone paid $5.3 million for a piece of Mars
Add this to the list of “things that might be fun if you had a buttload of money”: Someone forked over $5.3 million in a Sotheby’s auction to own a piece of Mars. The Red Planet meteorite was discovered in 2023 in a remote area of the Sahara Desert in…
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Trump’s defunding of NASA would be catastrophic
"This is probably the most uncertain future NASA has faced, maybe since the end of Apollo," Casey Dreier tells me over the phone. Dreier is the chief of space policy at The Planetary Society, a nonprofit that advocates for the exploration and study of space. On July 10, the Senate…
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Webb spots ‘Infinity Galaxy’ that sheds light on black hole formation
Discoveries keep pouring out of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Researchers observed an unusual cluster, which they dubbed the Infinity Galaxy. It appears to support a leading theory on how some supermassive black holes form. Although “Infinity Galaxy” sounds like a place Thanos would hang out, it merely describes…
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The Webb Telescope captures a mesmerizing view of the Cat’s Paw nebula
Feast your eyes on the most mesmerizing feline foot known to humankind. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured this image of the Cat’s Paw nebula. The European Space Agency (ESA) shared the picture to honor the telescope’s three years of service. The Cat’s Paw nebula is part of the…
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Solar Orbiter captures images of the sun’s pole for the first time
The Solar Orbiter has been observing the sun since 2021, but it recently went on a side trip to Venus which significantly tilted its orbit and gave it a good view of the sun's polar region. That is how it was able to capture images that will historically be known…
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Mushroom Supplements Are the Biohackers’ Latest Fix (2025)
Curious about mushroom supplements? Here’s what they do, what the science says, and how to know if they’re right for you—according to the experts. Source
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