Darren Orf

Supermassive black holes typically rotate with the galactic plane, expelling X-rays perpendicular to the plane itself.

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The size of the nucleolus could determine how long a cell has before it dies—and the smaller, the better.

But there’s a quantum catch.

Seismic technology has revealed secrets of the Earth from a million years ago.

It takes a very particular set of circumstances. In moments of emergency, super-concentration, or meditation, people report moments of "time expansion experiences," or TEEs—when time feels to slow down.

Could time itself actually explain our universe's expansion?

Volcanic eruptions can wreak havoc on the environment—and also produce some pretty wild optical effects.

The modern understanding of the plate tectonic cycle predicts that remnants of submerged plates will be found near subduction zones.

Impossible? For now. But it's a roadblock, not a dead end.