Science fiction disaster movies like to imagine what life on Earth might be like in the midst of a space-borne catastrophe like an asteroid strike, but reality can be even more frightening. Imagine >>
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Man, space is huge
Size is relative. A carpenter ant is huge compared to a regular ant, but it’s still tiny when compared to, say, your foot. The challenge of adequately describing size is even worse when >>
Sorry, but our galaxy isn’t actually as unique as everyone thought
It’s always a bummer to find out you’re not as special as you thought you were — like when you scored great on an exam in school only to realize the entire class >>
We might be made of matter that didn’t originate in the Milky Way
Ever wonder what you’re made of? Is Earth, and by extension humanity, built of matter that collected here after the big bang, or are our origins much more complicated? Our little Solar System >>
