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A team of scientists figured out how new exoplanets could form around a black hole. They've named the theoretical worlds "blanets."
Science & Energy

Astronomers Say That Planets Orbiting Black Holes Are Called “Blanets”

Because, as we all know, planets orbiting stars are called "slanets."

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers have observed an unusual young exoplanet some 150 light-years from Earth that's far more dense for its size and age than thought possible.
Science & Energy

Like Your First Quarantine Sourdough Attempt, This Exoplanet Is “Surprisingly Dense”

This planet just makes no sense.

By Victor Tangermann

A new video uploaded by SpaceX shows off the company's impressive first full-scale Starship hop in glorious HD. We even got an inside view.
Starship

Watch SpaceX’s Epic Starship Test Flight From Inside the Giant Rocket

Now in high definition — and from the inside.

By Victor Tangermann

23andMe released a massive study that traced and revealed new apsects of the transatlantic slave trade through genetic ancestry reports.
Studies

23andMe Releases Devastating Analysis of Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Researchers are exploring a brutal period of history — using genetic code.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA just unveiled the winners of its "Exploring Hell" contest, in which it asked for designs for a rover that could survive a trip to Venus.
NASA

NASA Venus Rover Designed For “Exploring Hell”

The winning design looks like something out of "BattleBots."

By Dan Robitzski

A recently uploaded video shows Japan's 60-foot Gundam robot taking its first tentative steps — despite still missing its head.
Robotics

Watch a 60-Foot Mecha-Style Robot Take Its First Steps

This robot weighs 25 tons. A single hand is 6.5 feet across.

By Victor Tangermann

Bill Gates urged Elon Musk to stay in his lane and stop spreading "outrageous" misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic.
Elon Musk

Bill Gates Slams Elon Musk For Spouting COVID Misinformation

Shots fired!

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists predict, based on current rates of deforestation and resource consumption, that civilization will likely collapse in 20 to 40 years.
Future Society

Physicists Say There’s a 90 Percent Chance Civilization Will Soon Collapse

"We have a few decades left before an irreversible collapse of our civilization."

By Dan Robitzski

Incredible: Watch SpaceX Fly Full-Scale Starship Prototype to 500 Feet
Starship

Incredible: Watch SpaceX Fly Full-Scale Starship Prototype to 500 Feet

"Mars is looking real."

By Victor Tangermann

In a news conference, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley told reporters what it's like to ride SpaceX's Crew Dragon back to Earth.
Crew Dragon

NASA Astronauts “Almost Speechless” At How Well SpaceX Crew Dragon Did

"It doesn't sound like a machine, it sounds like an animal."

By Victor Tangermann

Russia may begin a mass COVID-19 inoculation campaign this Autumn, but there's no available data showing that the experimental vaccine works.
Viruses

Russian Officials Are Injecting Themselves With an Experimental COVID Vaccine

The country wants to begin mass inoculations later this year, but there's no public evidence the vaccine works.

By Dan Robitzski

According Elon Musk, Tesla is "highly likely" to produce a smaller version of it's long-awaited Cybertruck for the European market.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: “Highly Likely” Europe Will Get a Smaller Tesla Cybertruck

"The goal is to kick the most amount of ass possible with this truck."

By Victor Tangermann

Cosmologist Katie Mack says that understanding the ways our universe could theoretically come to an end is "freeing," and makes her feel more connected.
Science & Energy

Physicist: Knowing How the Universe Will Die Comforts Me

"There's something about acknowledging the impermanence of existence that is just a little bit freeing."

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists thought exoplanets appeared bright in sky surveys because of reflective lava oceans, but new research shows something else has to be helping.
Science & Energy

Super-Earth Exoplanets Could Have Bright-Shining Metallic Atmospheres

Their radiance can't be explained by lava oceans alone.

By Dan Robitzski

Thanks to San Francisco-based startup Formant, you can remotely a control a Boston Dynamics Spot robot dog to go for a stroll.
Boston Dynamics

This Site Lets You Control an Actual Boston Dynamics Robodog With a PlayStation Controller

Soon, we'll never have to leave our homes ever again.

By Victor Tangermann

Photos have emerged of large tents and heavy tunneling machinery belonging to Elon Musk's Boring Company in the California desert north east of LA.
Elon Musk

There’s a Theory That Elon Musk Is Digging a Tunnel Between LA and Vegas

Mysterious Boring Company machinery was spotted in the California desert.

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk defended the name of Tesla's oft-criticized "Autopilot" mode, saying confusion over its capabilities is "idiotic."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Defends Tesla’s Misleading “Autopilot” Mode

He called his critics "idiotic."

By Dan Robitzski

A distant galaxy cluster is churning out brand-new stars at a dizzying pace because its central black hole shut down and isn't getting in the way.
Science & Energy

This Galaxy Cluster Is Spewing a Surplus of Stars Because of a Lazy Black Hole

"It reminds me of the old expression of 'when the cat's away, the mice will play.'"

By Dan Robitzski

A coronavirus vaccine has long been described as the only way out. But experts now agree: even with a vaccine, it will take years to slow the spread.
Viruses

Even With a Vaccine, It Will Take Months If Not Years to Beat the Coronavirus

"Things will not be done by Christmas."

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new study, a large number of ancient valleys on the Martian surface today were formed by subglacial meltwater below — not flowing rivers.
Science & Energy

Study: Ancient Mars Was Covered in Ice Sheets, Not Rivers

The new research could force us to rethink what Mars looked like billions of years ago.

By Victor Tangermann