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Artwork depicting The Planetary Society’s solar sail in space. Credit: Josh Sprading / The Planetary Society
Soon, we may be sailing between the planets on a beam of sunlight
Phil Plait
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Scientists have kinda reversed time, and didn’t even need a TARDIS to do it
Elizabeth Rayne
Mar 26, 2019
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the TARDIS from Doctor Who
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Multiple realities aren’t just science fiction anymore
Elizabeth Rayne
Mar 22, 2019
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Donnie Darko
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Stephen Hawking will live forever on this commemorative black hole coin
Elizabeth Rayne
Mar 16, 2019
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There might be a way to find out what a black hole ate
Elizabeth Rayne
Mar 8, 2019
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Kid builds a nuclear reactor in his room
Elizabeth Rayne
Mar 2, 2019
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The sun is destined to turn into a gargantuan crystal ball after it dies
Elizabeth Rayne
Jan 11, 2019
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ESA image of a crystallized white dwarf
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Could spacecraft actually use black holes as portals through hyperspace?
Elizabeth Rayne
Jan 10, 2019
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Gargantua scene from Interstellar
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This might be the only real way to travel back in time, and you don’t even need a TARDIS
Elizabeth Rayne
Dec 19, 2018
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The TARDIS from Doctor Who
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Blowing square smoke rings
Phil Plait
Nov 13, 2018
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A smoke ring is actually a moving vortex of air, self-sustaining and loaded with surprising characteristics. Credit: Dianna Cowern
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Stephen Hawking’s Simpsons script, wheelchair, and more up for auction
Benjamin Bullard
Oct 22, 2018
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Why some scientists doubt we could ever actually travel through time
Elizabeth Rayne
Jun 8, 2018
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What Stephen Hawking thought about the multiverse might surprise you
Elizabeth Rayne
May 6, 2018
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Bye, black holes: white holes are even weirder
Elizabeth Rayne
Apr 29, 2018
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Our consciousness will shoot through the cosmos on laser beams, says Michio Kaku
Elizabeth Rayne
Mar 11, 2018
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Michio Kaku
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This new multiverse theory will blow your mind
Elizabeth Rayne
Feb 4, 2018
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