You're a Dream of the Universe (According to Science)
AdultsEducationScienceSpacePhilosophyAbsolutely everything you think about yourself and the universe could be an illusion. As far as you know, you are real and exist in a universe that was born 14 billion years ago and that gave rise to galaxies, stars, the Earth, and finally you. Except, maybe not.
Mark Hamill Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED
AdultsIndustryMediaSpaceEntertainment"The Machine" star Mark Hamill takes the WIRED Autocomplete interview and answers the web's most searched questions about himself. How did he win the role of Luke Skywalker?
Why Aliens Might Already Be On Their Way To Us
AdultsLifeScienceSpaceThe universe is magnificent and vast. Hundreds of billions of galaxies, trillions of stars, and even more planets. If even the tiniest fraction are habitable, then the Universe should be teeming with life. And yet we see nothing, only vast emptiness. Where is everyone else?
Black Holes
AdultsEducationEnvironmentScienceSpaceBlack Holes Aren’t Black or Even Holes. What Are They?
I tested the US Military’s secret space weapon
AdultsConstructionHistoryScienceSpaceTechnologyAn engineer came up with a plan to drop tungsten telephone poles from space - the idea has been seriously considered on multiple occasions, so we tested it.
The Most Extreme Explosion in the Universe
AdultsLifeScienceSpaceSupernovae are the most powerful explosions in the universe, unleashing enough energy to outshine galaxies. We have no real metaphor for their power – if the sun were to magically go supernova it would feel like you were being hit by the energy of a nuclear explosion, every second. For weeks.
Civilian Tries on NASA Spacesuit For the First Time
AdultsConstructionScienceSpaceTechnologyHow does WIRED's Brent Rose feel about being the first person outside of the space program to try on a pressurized space suit?
Bill Nye Breaks Down Webb Telescope Space Images | WIRED
AdultsEducationScienceSpaceTechnologyThe James Webb Space Telescope has dazzled us with its first batch of images. WIRED got in touch with the one and only Bill Nye to break down some of these astonishing photos, explaining what we're really looking at.
You Are Not Where You Think You Are
AdultsLifeScienceSpacePhilosophyLook around you. Where are you? Where is this place you are occupying? Somewhere in a room, maybe in a city on a continent on a planet orbiting a star in a galaxy among billions. But… where is all of that?
How the James Webb Space Telescope Will Unfold the Universe | John C. Mather | TED
AdultsConstructionCreativityScienceTechnologySpaceAstronomyThe James Webb Space Telescope is a miracle of modern science and engineering.
What Happens if the Moon Crashes into Earth?
AdultsEducationScienceWorldSpaceToday we are answering an age-old very scientific and important question: What if the moon crashes into earth? It’s more interesting and weird than you probably think. Let's start with the basics: Why isn't the Moon on its way to crash into us already?