Tag: Space

How Did ‘Transformers 4’ Make $300 Million Its Opening Weekend?

Seven years ago a big budget movie based on a cartoon from the 1980s with impressive CGI effects came out, and made $29 million on it's opening weekend. Fast forward seven years later, and the fourth film in the franchise -- "Transformers: Age of Extinction" -- pulled in a staggering $301 million on its opening weekend. This is astounding. The Paramount-released action movie about...

Turkish Artist Creates Impossibly Small Paintings On Pieces Of Food

We've featured some pretty incredibly tiny and intricately detailed art in the past, but nothing comes close to the paintings of Hasan Kale. The Turkish artist as been painting landscapes of his native Istanbul on the smallest pieces of food imaginable. From almonds to M&Ms, no piece of food appears to be too small. The guy painted a landscape on a fruit seed! How?!...
spot_img

The World’s Greatest Slingshot Can Launch Satellites Into Space

SpinLaunch could reshape how we launch rockets into space.

Spectacular Photos of the International Space Station Soaring Past the Sun and Moon

The sun and moon take on a whole new scope when they provide the backdrop for the International Space Station.

Science Finds Proof We Might Live in a Parallel Universe

By now, I’m guessing you’re probably rather well versed with the Multiverse Theory; whether you’ve been introduced to the concept by the television series...

It’s Official: NASA is Making Cryosleep a Reality

Oh, to have a good night’s sleep! Indeed, many of us are sleep deprived; trudging around the workplace, lumbering the kids to-and-from school, like zombies...

Is This Weird Asteroid a Sign of Alien Life? The First Results Are In

Is “home” finally returning ET’s call? That’s what researchers at the Breakthrough Listen initiative, the largest scientific research program aimed at finding evidence of...

This Secret Space Plane Was in Orbit For Two Years. Nobody Knows Why.

On May 20th 2015, a secret military space plane was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Known as X-37B, the space plane was on its...

The Universe is Expanding Faster Than we Thought, But Why?

Back in 1929, Edwin Hubble discovered that the universe is expanding. All galaxies, including our own Milky Way, are slowly moving away from one...

The 25 Best Photographs Taken in 2015

2015 will certainly be remembered as a year of major advancements (gay marriage becoming legal in the United States, for example) as well as...

This Planet is the Closest Thing to Earth Outside our Solar System

Scientists haven't had any luck finding Earth's twin yet, but they have stumbled across its cousin. The planet tagged GJ1132b is around 1.2 times...

Scientists Have Discovered a Comet That Can Get You Drunk

There's a killer happy hour going on right now and it won't happen again for another 8,000 years. The downside is that it's going...

Astronomers Have Found Something Very Strange Close to a Star

Astronomers have become fascinated with a mysterious mass of objects whirling around a distant star. The star, called KIC 8462852, is showing some unusual...

Life on Mars: Water Today, Humans Tomorrow?

A few days ago NASA blew the minds of just about every human on Earth when they announced the discovery of saltwater on Mars. It...