By Richard K. Noots Despite what we think, sound does not only travel through air. That’s just the only our feeble ears can pick it. Sound actually travels through anything, even space. So, what do we do with that knowledge? Find out what planets sound like, that’s what! Whether or not you knew

By Richard K. Noots Many times in history we’ve blamed seemingly random occurrences on monsters. Whether it’s the Bermuda Triangle, why babies die around cats, or why Amelia Earhart disappeared, humans love a good mystery. So, when information came out that many of NASA’s probes had disappeared in

By Jack Day If you have ever had a dream that you followed your whole life, you know the feeling you get when you come so close to seeing it become a reality. That is the sentiment captured here in this nearly perfect landing of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 reusable rocket on a platform in the […]

By Richard K. Noots When one couple’s clock broke, they decided that just replacing it wasn’t enough. Instead, they put their creative genius together to come up with an idea: It involved some clock pieces, some books, and some paint. With not much else needed, they set to work! Blank wall. With a

By Anne Cacherell Clyde Tombaugh is an American astronomer who discovered Pluto in 1930. He passed away in 1997 at the age of 90, nearly a decade before the New Horizon’s Spacecraft successfully started its voyage to Pluto. As a tribute, a small portion of his ashes were placed aboard the space