The Voyagers Found a Small Surprise in Interstellar Space

Click Here to Read: The Voyagers Found a Small Surprise in Interstellar Space: The spacecraft are still feeling the sun billions of miles from home by Marina Koren on the Atlantic website on December 4, 2020.
This closeup still of the January 22, 2012, M8.7 class solar flare was taken by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) in 304 angstrom.  Image:  NASA.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Does Dream Interpretation Have Any Scientific Basis?

Click Here to Read: Does Dream Interpretation Have Any Scientific Basis? Scientists are trying to wrap their heads around the content of your dreams, from the wild to the mundane By Leslie Nemo on the Discover website on December 3, 2020.

Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema  (1852–1909)  World of dreams. Image: VAN HAM Kunstauktionen, Köln, 15.05.2015, lot 708 via Lot-tissimo Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

A solar-powered rocket might be our ticket to interstellar space

Click Here to Read: A solar-powered rocket might be our ticket to interstellar space: Researchers tapped by NASA just conducted a first test of a decades-old concept by Daniel Oberhaus on the ars technica website on November 21, 2020.

A concept image of a spacecraft powered by a fusion-driven rocket. In this image, the crew would be in the forward-most chamber. Solar panels on the sides would collect energy to initiate the process that creates fusion. Image: Pancotti  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.