Why Does Mars’s Moon Look Like That? A Dive into Moon Formation
The other day, I came across a funny meme on Instagram. I laughed, I gave it a like, and I moved on with my life- kind of. As I continued with my day, one thought kept creeping…
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Artificial Rain- Real or Sci-Fi
It’s a futuristic fantasy that many have dreamed up, that humans could someday possess the power to control the weather. Artificial weather is an interesting, but ultimately fantastical pipe dream, or is it? Would you believe me if I told…
Astronomy of the Ancient Skies
The night sky has captured people’s imagination for cultures across the world throughout human history. From the ancient Mesopotamians and Egyptians to the Mayans and Greeks, ancient people used the stars to shape their beliefs, practices, and societies. One such…
The JWST Mission – Part 1
With the recent launch almost a year ago of the James Webb Space Telescope [JWST], alongside the beautiful pictures released from this grand telescope, you may have seen some exciting hype around the “premier observatory of the next decade” (NASA…
We need to talk about the women founders of modern science: Meet Ruby Payne-Scott
Ruby Payne-Scott was an Australian Radiophysicist who lived from 1912 to 1981. As Master’s holder in Physics from the University of Sydney, Ruby worked at Australian government’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization. There she worked on projects that…
Deep Philosophical Questions About the Universe
Are you currently laying in bed in the wee-hours of the morning and are wondering… what even is life?? Why on EARTH am I here? If aliens exist, then why haven’t we made contact with them yet?….. Or maybe extraterrestrial…
Astrophysics, Loving Science, and Inspiring: An Interview with Dr. Storchi Bergmann
Dr. Thaisa Storchi Bergmann is a Brazilian female astrophysicist whose work on LINER-type galaxies is shaping the way we currently look at space. My team, Hidden Figures, decided to do a youtube video about her life and her accomplishments as…
Three Dog Star Night (Part 1)
I am just old enough to remember a time when most textbooks only spoke of exoplanets (i.e. those outside our solar system) in the hypothetical sense, their existence taken as an assumption rather than demonstrable fact, while the question of…