Weird Space

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Weird Sounds Recorded in the Sky by Grad Student

On August 9th of 2014 graduate student Daniel Bowman sent infrasound microphones into the 19 miles into the sky above Earth just out of reach of planes but well below actually being in space. For 9 hours and for over 400 miles the microphon

Science / Secret Messages / Weather

Making Star Trek Possible: Warp speed without the warp drive

A five-part series that tries to explain how to make the science of Star Trek real… Probably the most fascinating idea that Star Trek popularized was the idea of a warp drive. This was a concept from golden age sci-fi that went mainstream v

Astronomy / Feature stories / Higher Dimensions