The Graveyard of `Oumuamua’s Family on the MoonOn October 19, 2017, astronomers spotted the anomalous interstellar object `Oumuamua, as it arrived near Earth within a fifth of the…1d ago41d ago4
A White Dwarf PulsarIn 2022, a new pulsating radio source in the Milky-Way galaxy was discovered by Natasha Hurley-Walker and collaborators from Curtin…2d ago12d ago1
Island MentalityImagine living on a paradise island, where food and water are abundant. The island is so large that it takes ten thousand years to cross it…3d ago43d ago4
Casting Galileo in BronzeThe great American sculptor Greg Wyatt was described by Professor Sir Stanley Wells, a renowned Shakespearian scholar, as follows: “I…5d ago35d ago3
Experimental Quantum GravityAt the end of a new podcast interview, the brilliant undergraduate student Oem Trivedi — with whom I had the privilege of coauthoring a…6d ago86d ago8
Living in a Big CrunchThis morning, I woke up with sweat over my forehead following a scientific nightmare. In my dream, the demon imagined by the physicist…Nov 2719Nov 2719
Yes, It’s Possible to be Scientific and AmericanTen days ago, Laura Helmuth resigned from her position as chief editor of Scientific American. The reason was simple. As brilliantly…Nov 2514Nov 2514
Are We the Last Generation Who Feels Alone?Science offers the privilege of staying curious. By this I mean that it offers the opportunity to stay open minded and be guided by…Nov 237Nov 237
Exotic or Mundane?The opportunity to encounter exotic phenomena makes life thrilling. In contrast, the boring routine is to meet the mundane. We crave for…Nov 219Nov 219
Earth and Mars Acquire Saturn-Like Rings Over Hundreds of Millions of YearsIn the current snapshot of the Solar system, Mars has an inner moon named Phobos, whose orbital radius shrinks by 2 meters per century as a…Nov 195Nov 195
