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When Do We Land On Mars?

Mars, the red planet, has been the subject of ridicule and fascination for years. It's a planet with a meager 10% of Earth's mass, no magnetic field, and a paper-thin atmosphere. One could say Mars…

Jenny Preils 22/07/2024

Final Frontier

What is the Weight of Our Galaxy?

Weighing a galaxy sounds like an impossible task, right? I mean, we can’t just plop it on a cosmic bathroom scale and get a reading. But this question—"how do we measure the mass of a…

Jenny Preils 15/07/2024

Final Frontier

Hubble: The Telescope That Changed Everything

When the Hubble Space Telescope launched, it was like sending our best pair of glasses into space. Humanity had a chance to truly see the universe without Earth's pesky atmosphere blurring the view. But it…

Jenny Preils 11/07/2024

Final Frontier

Things to Do in a Multiverse

At first glance, the question seems ridiculous. But believe it or not, physicists are grappling with the idea of a multiverse because it could solve two fundamental problems in cosmology. It sounds like the stuff…

Jenny Preils 04/07/2024

Alien Life

This Is Where We ACTUALLY Should Look for Alien Life

In the vast realm of astronomy, few areas are as exciting—or as exasperating—as the hunt for exoplanets, those elusive worlds orbiting stars beyond our solar system. And behind this quest lies the ultimate question: is…

Jenny Preils 01/07/2024

Final Frontier

This Is the James Webb Space Telescope

Let’s get excited today because we’re about to witness the launch of one of the most anticipated space telescopes ever built—the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). It’s a big deal, not just because of its…

Jenny Preils 20/06/2024

Final Frontier

Entering the Dark Side. The One on the Moon

Time to join the dark side. No, not the force from Star Wars. The actual dark side, the one on the Moon. The mysterious, always-hidden face of our celestial neighbor, just begging for wild theories…

Jenny Preils 17/06/2024

Alien Life

Oumuamua – The Story of a Harvard Professor, Interstellar Object and Aliens.

In 2017, something truly extraordinary happened. For the first time ever, astronomers detected an object passing through our solar system that wasn’t from around here. This wasn't your typical asteroid or comet; this was a…

Jenny Preils 13/06/2024