If you spend any amount of time looking at the headlines, you might wonder whether humanity’s clock is about to run out. If so, you would not be the first to come […]
It’s the End of the World As We Know It…. And We’re Still Waiting
There are More Trees on Earth Than Stars in the Milky Way
When it comes to incredibly-large numbers, it’s hard to outdo the stars in the sky. Take anything on earth and compare its numbers to the stars in the Milky Way, and it […]
The Diet of the Stars
It’s always a matter of interest when a big star finds a diet that works. If losing weight is your goal, you might want to find out the secret of the biggest […]
Forget the Chicken and the Egg — What About the Universe and the Stars?
One problem with working out the age of the universe is trying to find out which came first — the stars or the universe that contains them.
Like Sand Through the Hourglass, So Go the Galaxies
If you want to obscure your view of something, a grain of sand is probably not the first thing that you would choose. It is so small that it is hard to […]
Singular Facts About Singularities
Black holes — also known as “singularities” — can be big or small. Scientists think the smallest black holes are as small as just one atom. These black holes are very tiny […]
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