13.8 Billion Years, Compressed Into a Scroll
Scroll through 13.8 billion years of cosmic history in 3D. From the Big Bang to the death of our Sun — nine phases of the...
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There Are Diamonds Raining on Neptune
Deep inside Neptune, extreme pressure crushes carbon into crystal. Explore the ice giant’s interior with interactive simulations of diamond rain.
The Pillars of Creation Are Already Gone
The Pillars of Creation may already be gone. Explore JWST/Hubble views, supernova evidence, and the light-travel paradox in this immersive deep dive.
A Day on Venus Is Longer Than Its Year
Venus takes 243 days to spin but only 225 to orbit the Sun. It also spins backwards. An interactive guide to the paradox of our...
You Are Made of Dead Stars
You are made of dead stars. Explore nucleosynthesis from the Big Bang to neutron star mergers with interactive periodic table and body-composition visuals.
TOI-5205 b: The Planet Science Cannot Explain
Image: Katherine Cain / Carnegie Institution for Science Picture the system to scale. The host star, TOI-5205, has a radius just 39 percent of the Sun’s:...
The Kardashev Scale (Expanded Test Page)
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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Isn’t the Storm We Thought It Was
The storm Cassini saw in 1665 is gone. The Great Red Spot was born around 1831 — and after shrinking by half, it may not...
Carbon in the Atmosphere of a Super-Jupiter Rewrites the Planet Formation Story
JWST directly imaged CO₂ in a super-Jupiter 133 light-years away. Its carbon ratio reveals how it formed — and blurs the line between planet and...