The International Space Station (ISS) has been orbiting Earth for the last quarter of a century. But it was only this week ...
Imagine a swarm of fireflies, flickering lights on and off in the nighttime space. How does the human brain process and integrate information about duration and spatial position enabling this vision?
"A three-body problem is extremely complicated. Now we're dealing with four: the sun, Earth, the moon and Mars. The heavy ...
Oftentimes, we think of space as an endless, mostly empty vacuum, a silent backdrop where planets, stars, and galaxies play out their dance. We also think of time as something separate, a steady ...
Whether space-time exists should neither be controversial nor even conceptually challenging, given the definitions of “space-time,” “events” and “instants.” The idea that space-time exists is no more ...
In contrast, the Starlab team is laser-focused on the space station race and making great strides as it assembles an ...
A fringe new theory suggests that time is the fundamental structure of the physical universe, and space is merely a byproduct. According to Gunther Kletetschka, a geologist — not a physicist, you’ll ...
This week, we dip into the world of sci-fi as Christina McDermott brings us two graphic novels and a novella that will transport you through space and time. If the current time and place are feeling a ...