How a dead star carved the "Hand of God" in space In our own Milky Way, a recently deceased star creates a ghostly, hand-like shape in X-rays some 150 light-years wide. Here's how it's ... $$ medium.com medium.com / feeds medium-com-starts-with-a-bang / / #science / / 12 days 12d Share
Ask Ethan: Can "zero-point energy" power the world? Throughout history, "free energy" has been a scammer's game, such as perpetual motion. But with zero-point energy, is it actually possible? $$ medium.com medium.com / feeds medium-com-starts-with-a-bang / / #science / / 15 days 15d Share
Are hidden variables real, and can they save quantum physics? There could be variables beyond the ones we've identified and know how to measure. But they can't get rid of quantum weirdness. $$ medium.com medium.com / feeds medium-com-starts-with-a-bang / / #science / / 16 days 16d Share
NASA chief to defy agency's charter, terminating science NASA's 1958 charter's top priority was, "the expansion of human knowledge of phenomena in the atmosphere and space." Is this how it ends? $$ medium.com medium.com / feeds medium-com-starts-with-a-bang / / #science / / 17 days 17d Share
The science behind LASIK For many of us, our imperfect vision compels us to wear corrective lenses to see properly. Here's what everyone should know about LASIK. $$ medium.com medium.com / feeds medium-com-starts-with-a-bang / / #science / / 18 days 18d Share
See the best night sky images from Capture the Dark 2025 Across planet Earth, dark and pristine night skies are an increasingly rare resource. These photos showcase the best of what we still have. $$ medium.com medium.com / feeds medium-com-starts-with-a-bang / / #science / / 19 days 19d Share
Ask Ethan: Did life begin when the Universe was room temperature? The Universe was born incredibly hot, and has expanded and cooled ever since. Could life have begun back when space was "room temperature?" $$ medium.com medium.com / feeds medium-com-starts-with-a-bang / / #science / / 22 days 22d Share
Does the Universe expand faster than the speed of light? Just 13.8 billion years after the hot Big Bang, we can see 46.1 billion light-years away in all directions. Doesn't that violatesomething? $$ medium.com medium.com / feeds medium-com-starts-with-a-bang / / #science / / 23 days 23d Share
Einstein's famous "change the facts" quote is an insidious lie Einstein is credited with saying, "If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts." What he actually said has a very different ... $$ medium.com medium.com / feeds medium-com-starts-with-a-bang / / #science / / 24 days 24d Share
At 36 billion solar masses, is the heaviest black hole too massive? At the center of Hubble's famous "cosmic horseshoe," a very heavy supermassive black hole has been robustly measured. How is it possible? $$ medium.com medium.com / feeds medium-com-starts-with-a-bang / / #science / / 25 days 25d Share