Usually I don’t write much about deep, “holy grail” objects, but for the Boötes Void, I’ll make an exception. Specifically, I’m wondering what’s the smallest telescope needed to see the galaxies in ...
This video turns the fear of nothingness into a cosmic warning about the future of reality. It explains how space is never ...
When looking up at the sky at night, it’s easy to get the impression that the stars go on forever in fairly uniform fashion. We know, of course, that this isn’t the case. Stars coalesce into galaxies, ...
Space is famous for being unimaginably vast. Yet even among its endless distances, there are places that make the rest of the ...
James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
In the northern night sky, you can sometimes find a foreleg-shaped cluster of stars known as the Boötes (Greek word for "herdsman") constellation. In its vicinity, there is an enormous dark space that ...
Stare into the night sky and you can’t help being amazed by the sheer scale of the universe. Look for Sirius, the brightest star in the sky. That’s 8.6 light years away. Polaris, the North Star, sits ...