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The aging Voyager: How NASA keeps a 50-year-old probe communicating from the edge of the solar system
Nearly half a century after launch, Voyager continues transmitting from the solar system’s edge. This video explains how engineers manage a slowly decaying nuclear battery, shut down instruments, and perform remote operations billions of kilometers away, keeping the legendary probe alive as it drifts further into the cosmic void.
Scientists make startling discovery when examining prostate cancer tissue
New study finds microplastics in 90% of prostate cancer tumors, with double the concentration in cancerous tissue compared to healthy tissue from patient samples.
Ancient religious teachings that modern science has proven false
From cosmology to medicine, scientific evidence has overturned some of humanity’s oldest sacred explanations. For most of human history, religion served as the primary framework for explaining how the world worked. Sacred texts and oral traditions answered questions about the Earth, the sky, disease, and human origins long before scientific tools existed to test those ... Read more
We tested what cinnamon does when exposed directly to fire
The science pros at TKOR expose cinnamon directly to fire to see how this common spice behaves when pushed to extreme heat.
The nuclear test that scientists feared might ignite Earth’s atmosphere
J. Robert Oppenheimer led the scientific effort that created the world’s first atomic bomb during World War II. The Trinity test in 1945 produced an explosion equal to nearly 25,000 tons of TNT, marking the beginning of the nuclear age. Some scientists had even feared the blast might ignite the atmosphere and destroy life on Earth. The weapons developed under Oppenheimer’s leadership were later used in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing more than 225,000 people and permanently changing global warfare.
China built a colossal underground hypergravity machine to compress space, centuries of time into mere days
Deep beneath the city of Hangzhou, engineers recently completed the installation of a massive rotating machine. The device sits inside a 230-square-meter circular subterranean chamber positioned 15 meters below the surface. The deep underground placement shields the surrounding environment from the extreme vibrations the machine produces during ope...
Using AI to discover new physics
Physics experiments like the Large Hadron Collider produce so much data every second that it’s impossible for humans to sort through all of it. In order to discover new theories of physics outside the standard model, physicists are beginning to use AI to point out anomalies. #physics #AInews #LHC #particlephysics #science #ieeespectrum #tech #innovation #futuretech
Could Mars soil block Earth microbes? 'Water bears' offer a clue
Tardigrades, commonly known as water bears, may be better suited by a new name: Tardiguardians of the Galaxy. Unlike the fictional ragtag team of unenthusiastic heroes, the microscopic animals are providing real insight into how humans could adapt extraterrestrial resources to support space exploration, as well as whether such resources could help protect against the Earthly contaminants that humans might shed.
This is what 6,453 miles per hour looks like - and it’s insane
The journey begins with the world’s first bicycle crawling along at walking speed and ends with rockets blasting toward space at Mach 3. Along the way come the world’s first motorcycle, automobile, airplane, helicopter, boat, hypercar, fighter jet, rocket sled, and even a commercial spaceflight. Some vehicles barely cracked 9 miles per hour, while others shattered records at over 6,000 miles per hour. The experience pushes past fear, motion sickness, and real physical limits — all in the pursuit of speed. What starts as a fun experiment becomes a realization of just how far humanity has advanced in barely two centuries
Explore napalm science and question practical real-world uses
The science pros at TKOR dive into the science behind napalm, examining how it works chemically and questioning whether it has any practical real-world uses.
Scientists in South Korea discover a new species that's been hiding in plain sight for years
This ‘living fossil' sat on the ocean floor for years before anyone realized what it really was.
Deep in Antarctic ice, these particles can answer basic questions about the universe
A dense network of sensors is looking for the fleeting footprints of neutrinos, the most mysterious in the pantheon of known particles.
How long could Earth microbes survive on Mars? New study reveals the answer
Exploring Mars is not just about rockets and rovers. Scientists must also worry about tiny stowaways—microorganisms from Earth that might hitch a ride on spacecraft.
China and Russia reveal a nuclear plan for the moon - and it could change space forever
A nuclear system could provide continuous power for habitats, equipment, and long-term exploration. The project could also include a massive nuclear-powered cargo spacecraft designed to move materials between different orbits and support large-scale operations in space.
Scientific explanations for everyday curiosities
Scientific explanations for everyday curiosities
Why fireworks explode 800 feet in the air and form perfect shapes
Fireworks may look like simple explosions in the night sky, but the science behind them is surprisingly complex. Their origins date back more than 2,000 years to China, where early experiments with gunpowder eventually evolved into modern displays. Today’s fireworks rely on carefully engineered shells, chemical reactions, and precise fuses to launch explosions hundreds of feet into the air and create vivid colors. The physics behind the light, shapes, and timing involves everything from combustion chemistry to quantum mechanics.
This shark skin pattern can also be seen in the stars - and scientists can't explain why
Thirty years ago, tracking whale sharks across the open ocean was slow, expensive, and often unreliable. In 2003, a chance email sparked an unlikely partnership between a marine biologist, a programmer, and a NASA astronomer - and together, they adapted star-mapping software to recognize the unique spot patterns of individual whale sharks. That breakthrough became Wildbook, turning tourist photos into a global identification system that has now logged thousands of individual sharks and revealed how far they really travel. By linking sightings across oceans and years, our understanding of these gentle giants has grown fast, and it is helping focus conservation efforts where they matter most.
Mysterious never-before-seen egg-like structures found on Mars
Nasa’s Curiosity rover has been investigating the spider-web-like rock formations found on Mars – and found mysterious egg-like structures. Newly issued images show giant zig-zagging ridges, known as ‘boxwork’, spread across the slopes of Mount Sharp inside Gale Crater. Some of the close-up photographs reveal small, rounded spheroids scattered acro...
Scientists captured the true scale of storms beyond Earth
From Jupiter’s centuries-old Great Red Spot to Saturn’s planet-wide tempests and Neptune’s supersonic winds, storms across the Solar System operate on a scale that dwarfs anything on Earth. Spacecraft observations have revealed lightning thousands of times stronger than terrestrial strikes and atmospheric systems large enough to swallow entire planets. These extreme weather systems challenge what scientists thought they knew about planetary atmospheres. The deeper researchers look, the clearer it becomes that space weather can be far more violent than expected.
Why interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is a once-in-a-generation chemistry time capsule
even a comet not at home can leave the impressions of fingers on which it is not. The object, named 3I/ATLAS was the third known interstellar object to go through the solar system ever. And, unlike a normal long-period comet, which is an ice-cold corpse loosely attached to the Sun, 3I/ATLAS comes in on an […]
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