When the sun engulfs Earth, will the remnants become new planets?
10 June 2026
It’s possible, but it wouldn’t look like life as we know it, explain our readers
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A cosmic case of mistaken identity that can only be solved right now
9 June 2026
Brown dwarfs are somewhere between the size of a planet and a star, so how could we have potentially mistaken two of them for distant galaxies? Columnist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein argues that solving this cosmic mix-up is particularly possible now, as...
Astronomers Stunned by a Tiny World With an Atmosphere
6 May 2026
Episode 366 A Pluto-sized object in the outer solar system has shocked scientists. It’s so tiny that it shouldn’t have an atmosphere - but it does. Object 2002 XV93, known as a plutino, is a small rock floating about in the Kuiper belt - a doughnut-shaped...
Can species evolve fast enough to survive as the planet heats up?
12 March 2026
The story of a wildflower that adapted to a severe drought in California raises hopes that evolution will come to the rescue of species hit by climate change, but there are limits
Test your brain on these mind-bending scientific riddles
10 December 2025
A bizarre Christmas dinner invitation, some mysterious carol singers and even a spot of charades. Can you solve all 12 of our unique festive riddles?
Asteroid Bennu carries all the ingredients for life as we know it
2 December 2025
We knew from prior analyses that a distant asteroid sampled in 2020 carried all but one of the molecules needed to kick-start life, and researchers have just found the missing ingredient: sugar
Kim Kardashian has wrangled an invite to NASA HQ. Can we get one too?
12 November 2025
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian apparently thinks the 1969 moon landing was fake. If Feedback comes up with an equally outlandish conspiracy theory, maybe we can also get a guided tour of NASA
A distant comet is forming new rings while we watch in real time
20 October 2025
The comet-like object Chiron has been caught in the process of forming new rings, which could help us understand how these complex systems work
General relativity might save some planets from death
6 October 2025
Some habitable worlds orbiting dead stars could be kept alive for aeons thanks to a quirk of Einstein’s theory of gravity
How cosmic events may have influenced hominin evolution
9 September 2025
Some cosmic events could have profoundly altered the lives of our ancient human relatives. Did Neanderthals go extinct, at least in part, due to changes in Earth’s magnetic field? Did Australopithecus witness huge meteorite impacts?
