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I don’t know if I’d say bean bags have been “proven” to be relaxing, but there actually seems to be some research around how people… Continue reading on Medium »
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I don’t know if I’d say bean bags have been “proven” to be relaxing, but there actually seems to be some research around how people… Continue reading on Medium »

Cleaning a bean bag is actually pretty simple if the design is made with cleaning in mind. The first thing I’d check before buying one is… Continue reading on Medium »

If you’re talking about alternatives to the usual thermocol/EPS beads, there are actually quite a few options. I didn’t even realise this… Continue reading on Medium »

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 13 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. OriginalAnnotated Desert Stairway […]

If the thought of extraterrestrial objects crashing into Earth weren’t creepy enough, behold Australia’s Spider Crater.

SpaceX launched 27 of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit today (Oct. 12), the first such mission for a Falcon 9 rocket since Sept. 19.

Tudo começou com um balde d'água... Continue reading on Medium »

What raising my son taught me about rewards, honesty, and the future of humanity. Continue reading on Medium »

SpaceX will launch more than 3 tons of cargo toward the International Space Station on Tuesday morning (Oct. 13), and you can watch the action live.

How far does space really go, and why the “edge” of the universe may be nothing like we imagine. Continue reading on Medium »

Using the NASA spacecraft Swift, astronomers observed a supermassive black hole burping radio jets 300 days after a heavy cosmic meal.

Diligent sleuthing by astronomers has broken open a cold case in the data archive of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. In a study published Monday in Nature Astronomy, researchers report uncovering a surprising chemical clue that indicates the white dwarf star HS 0209+0832 may host a second-generation planet.

NASA is asking for ideas to stop static electricity from zapping astronauts or critical hardware during moon missions.
NASA experiments focused on human and plant health and drug-resistant organisms will travel to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s 35th Commercial Resupply Services mission for the agency from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, advancing research that benefits life on Earth and future exploration. This research supports astronaut health during long-duration missions through […]

The Southern and Northern Taurid meteor showers will produce occasional bright, slow-moving meteors worldwide during October and November, with moon-free peaks in 2026.

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Most helium in the Universe is primordial helium, formed during the Big Bang. But a fraction of helium was formed by long-dead stars. Distinguishing between the two allows astronomers to further confirm our observations of the Big Bang.

On Oct. 12, 1964, the Soviet Union launched Voskhod 1, a 24-hour crewed mission that achieved several "firsts" for human spaceflight. Here's why it mattered.

SpaceX's $8 billion spectrum deal brings Starlink closer to competing with traditional mobile operators. Discover how satellite-to-phone... Continue reading on Medium »

From base to tip, Mars’s Olympus Mons is the highest known mountain in the Solar System. Evidence suggests a higher one could be out there. Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

The Etosha Pan in northern Namibia, the largest salt flat in the country, looks otherworldly in this satellite photo.

Bigger on the inside? Where have we heard that before?

MDA Space, a global leader in communications satellites, Earth and space observation, space exploration and infrastructure, will utilize Jena-Optronik’s ASTRO HP star sensor on a LEO mission. This milestone underscores […] The post Jena-Optronik is proud to partner with MDA Space for its first ASTRO HP mission. appeared first on SpaceNews.

Fire erupted in the morning skies over Siberia on June 30, 1908, as an atmospheric explosion occurred that remains unmatched by any similar event in modern history.

And made me question what I’m doing here. Continue reading on Medium »

Growing fresh food on the Moon is going to be crucial if astronauts there are ever going to eat anything other than freeze-dried rations. Since husbanding animals on the lunar surface is…difficult (to put it mildly), most mission planners believe that plants are the solution. But we still don’t entirely understand how one of the most fundamental materials to plant growth, water, operates under partial gravity. A team of researchers, led by Karl Hasenstein of the University of Louisiana at Lafaye

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In March 2028, the UAE is set to launch an ambitious mission to the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter that will culminate with a landing attempt on a mysteriously reddish space rock.

Welcome to the second space race. You can be forgiven for experiencing déjà vu. Last time, it was the Soviet Union and the United States vying to be the first to plant some flags. Now it’s a sprint to the lunar surface between America and China—alongside a host of varyingly friendly and rival nations—plus a…

The wireless industry has been a closed shop for a long time. Continue reading on Medium »

In 1929, a young German boy named Wernher von Braun watched Frau im Mond (Woman on the Moon), a silent film that imagined a lunar gold… Continue reading on Medium »

a friendly reminder from margaret hamilton that it’s okay to let the low-priority garbage in your life completely crash. Continue reading on Medium »

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 12 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Jupiter and the […]

The ice reached its third-lowest maximum extent since satellite observations began.


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Toroidal planets, shaped like doughnuts, might exist, and Earth itself might have had a similar shape for a short time. Continue reading on Medium »

You know the Doppler effect, when a screaming siren has a different pitch when it approaches vs. when it recedes? That’s how the exoplanet… Continue reading on Medium »

On. Oct. 11, 1968, Apollo 7 launched into space with NASA astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham. Here's why it mattered.

More than a decade after the original, Sega and Creative Assembly are bringing back a true Alien survival horror experience.

As I’m writing this I’m able to stare out into my driveway at my trusty Honda Odyssey. Most of the public’s association with Honda is through their “mobility” products - i.e. their cars. But the company has an impressive track record of other technical achievements, not the least of which has been in robotics. Now, it’s teaming up with space infrastructure firm Redwire to develop an automated laboratory support system for use on future commercial space stations.

Ein Gedankenspiel über geometrische Baukästen, den kosmischen Formenschatz und einen Bang, der vielleicht kein Ende ist. Continue reading on Medium »

A thought experiment about geometric building blocks, the cosmic collection of forms, and a Bang that may not be an ending. Continue reading on Medium »

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Astrophotographer Cornelis van Zuilen spent 352-hours of light data to create a spectacular mosaic of the Messier Catalog.
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