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25 Feb 2025
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The universe isn’t just expanding, it’s speeding up!

The mysterious force behind this is called dark energy. It makes up nearly 70% of the universe, yet we have no idea what it really is.

Some believe it’s a strange energy filling space, while others think it means our understanding of gravity is flawed.

Could dark energy rewrite the laws of physics? The mystery continues!


28 Feb 2025
10

Saturn’s moon Enceladus hides a vast ocean beneath its icy crust.

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft even flew through its water plumes! Scientists believe hydrothermal vents on its seafloor could keep the ocean warm, just like the ones on Earth where life thrives.

If life exists in our solar system, Enceladus is a prime candidate. Should we send a submarine to explore its hidden depths?


13 Feb 2025
33

The universe is 13.8 billion years old, with countless habitable planets; so where are the aliens?

This mystery is known as the Fermi Paradox. Some theories suggest intelligent life self-destructs before reaching the stars.

Others say we’re just not looking or listening the right way. With so many possibilities, the truth remains unknown.

Could we be alone, or are we just missing the signals? What’s your take?


16 Feb 2025
36

Venus is nearly Earth's twin in size, but it's a fiery hellscape!

Its surface is hot enough to melt lead, and its thick atmosphere traps heat in a runaway greenhouse effect.

Any spacecraft sent there gets crushed and melted within minutes! Yet, scientists believe Venus once had oceans.

What went wrong? Could Earth face a similar fate one day? The answers might help us understand our own planet’s future!


15 Feb 2025
25

Black holes pull everything in—but what if something only pushed things out? That’s a white hole!

In theory, white holes can’t be entered, only exited, and some scientists believe they could be linked to black holes through wormholes.

Though no one has ever seen one, some physicists think they might exist. Could they be real, or even a gateway to another universe? The mystery continues!


26 Feb 2025
30

Beyond Pluto, a vast shell of icy objects surrounds our solar system—the Oort Cloud.

It’s so distant that Voyager 1 won’t reach it for another 300 years!

Scientists believe it’s the birthplace of comets, but no spacecraft has ever seen it up close.

Could it hold secrets about our solar system’s origins? The edge of our cosmic neighborhood remains a mystery!


7 Feb 2025
28

The universe is expanding faster than expected, driven by a mysterious force called dark energy that scientists still don’t fully understand.

According to the Hubble constant, galaxies move away from us faster the farther they are, but recent measurements don’t align with predictions.

This puzzling discrepancy has led some to speculate that new physics could be at play, potentially reshaping our understanding of space and time. What do you think?


8 Feb 2025
31

Black holes are the universe’s ultimate space traps, so powerful that not even light can escape their grasp!

Predicted by Einstein over a century ago, these cosmic monsters warp space and time in mind-bending ways.

Some supermassive black holes, billions of times the mass of our Sun, lurk at the center of galaxies, one was even photographed for the first time!

But the biggest mystery remains: What happens inside? Some theories suggest they could be portals to another universe.


3 Mar 2025
29

Super-Earths are exoplanets larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune.

With stronger gravity, thicker atmospheres, and possibly even better conditions for life, they might be ideal for colonization!

The closest one, LHS 1140 b, is just 41 light-years away.

Could we move there someday, or even find alien life waiting for us? The search for a new home continues!


22 Feb 2025
35

Everything we see: stars, planets, galaxies, is only 5% of the universe. The rest? Mostly dark matter!

Though invisible, we know it exists because its gravity affects how galaxies spin.

Without it, they’d fly apart! Some scientists think dark matter is made of unknown particles, while others suggest gravity behaves differently on a cosmic scale.

The mystery remains unsolved. What do you think dark matter really is?


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