Space & Missions
July 2026
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Universe
In October 1975, the Soviet Venera 9 probe survived just 53 minutes on the surface…
Earth & Life
The Great Green Wall was pitched in 2007 as an 8,000-kilometre tree barrier
Universe
Artemis 2, Apollo 8, and Overview Thinking
Science & Engineering
Physics says time travel into the future is not a thought experiment
Science & Engineering
In November 2025, UC Irvine astronomers announced a rocky super-Earth called GJ 251…
Science & Engineering
Einstein won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics, but not for relativity
Science & Engineering
The International Space Station is not held up by rockets
Science & Engineering
In nearly seventy years of deep-sea exploration, researchers compiled 43,681…
Science & Engineering
We have mapped the surface of Mars, the Moon and Venus in sharper detail than the…
Science & Engineering
Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh, a 24-year-old Kansas farm boy with…
Science & Engineering
A neutron star can pack more mass than our entire Sun into a sphere only about 20…
Space Travel
About 50 kilometres above Venus’ surface, the crushing heat and pressure below give…
Human Factors
Thought of the day by Stoic Philosopher Marcus Aurelius "I have often wondered how…
Science & Engineering
Voyager 1 crossed into interstellar space in August 2012, yet it remains inside the…
Science & Engineering