NASA Finds Strange Dark Square Hole in the Sun
Something weird is going on. The NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory has found a coronal hole in the sun that is “almost square in its shape.” There is even a video and it is quite peculiar. From NASA: A coronal hole, almost square in its shape,…
Man Says the Zodiac Killer is His Dad in Secret New Book
I have been obsessed with Zodiac Killer over the last few weeks after watching several documentaries about it so I am pretty excited by this news. According to a report in the New York Magazine, HarperCollins has kept secret a new book by a man claiming…
Archaeologists May Have Found the Wreck of the Santa Maria
Archaeologists may have unearthed a missing piece of history. After 500 years, the wreck of the Santa Maria at the bottom of the sea off the north coast of Haiti. You may remember from 10th grade history that the Santa Maria was the flagship of…
Check Out the Milky Way’s Magnetic Fingerprint
Above you can see the first ever all-sky observation of polarized light emitted by interstellar dust in the Milky Way. It represents the galaxy’s magnetic fingerprint. The data was acquired by the ESA’s Planck satellite. The European Space…
Get Your Own 3D-Printed Van Gogh That Looks Amazing
Thanks to a new Russian startup company called Prixel, you can own your very own faux Van Gogh for a max price of $200. Thank you 3D printing! Prixel uses ultraviolet printers that can interpret brushstrokes and very specific details like paint color to…
A Sticker That Adds Four Customizable Buttons To Your Android Device
Company Dimple has a solution to the lack of a physical home button on Android Devices. They have created a sticker that has a set of four buttons that can be customized to your desire. One of the best aspects of the product is that it does not require…
Hubble Photos Capture Formation of Planetary Systems
Researchers have revealed two images of planetary systems forming around their home stars using a new image processing technique. According to NASA, the images are “two treasures that were hiding in the Hubble archives.” The forming planetary…
The Muki Mug: A Mug with a Customizable e-Ink Display Powered By Heat
I am pretty sure we are in the future. A new coffee mug is in the horizon thanks to the Muki mug from Paulig. The coffee cup (or tea, whatever floats your hot drink powered boat) has a customizable e-Ink display that requires no electricity. The e-Ink…
Meet Kepler-186f: The Closest Earth-Like Planet Ever Discovered
An artist’s concept of Kepler-186f. (NASA Ames/SETI Institute/JPL-Caltech) We may finally have hope when it comes time to leave our home planet of Earth because we have destroyed it somehow. 500 light years away sits a planet that is the…
Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced
This year’s winners of the Pulitzer Prize were officially announced Monday. The Washington Post and the Guardian were among the winners in public service for their role in revealing the massive U.S. government surveillance effort. The stories are…