Thursday, September 17, 2026

Odd Science & Technology News

Study: Everything in the Universe Will Evaporate, Including You, Sooner Than Expected

Physicist who photographed the first black hole would like you to know the darkness is coming for everything else, too.

Drew Curtis

JWST Confirms Existence of “Forbidden” Planet, Which Is Mostly Farts

Proof that even the universe occasionally lets one rip and pretends nothing happened.

Drew Curtis

Artemis II Crew Reports Burning Smell From $23M Toilet, NASA Continues To Insist the Alternative Is Worse

Shitter's full.

Drew Curtis

Russia Claims The Moon as Sovereign Territory

Russia says it will carve out sovereign lunar territory by 2036, violating a treaty it signed in 1967, which still puts it ahead of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum speedrun by a comfortable margin.

Drew Curtis

Musk Tells Employees His Superintelligent AI Needs Moon Factory With Giant Catapult

Neglects to mention the other 47 prerequisite steps.

Drew Curtis

Researchers Discover Possible Pulsar Near Milky Way’s Black Hole

And no, that’s not a euphemism. Probably.

Drew Curtis

Scientists Discover Astronauts’ Brains Drift After Months in Space

Which explains why they all come back wanting to run for Senate.

Drew Curtis

Falling Metal, Rising Panic: A Government Guide To Worrying About the Wrong Things

Experts confirm space debris is technically a risk, helpfully adding to list of exotic threats you can't control.

Drew Curtis

Et Tu, North Star? Shakespeare Monologue Inexplicably To Be Launched Into Space

Because science is rational, and this is a great use of time and resources.

Gabe Herman

NASA Discovers Sugar and Weird Ancient Space Gum on Asteroid Bennu

Apparently, the early solar system invented snacks, crafts, and chaos long before inventing life.

Drew Curtis

Chernobyl Fungus Feeds on Radiation, Could Protect Astronauts From Cosmic Rays

Downside: Mars mission crew endlessly arguing about whose turn it is to clean the shower.

Drew Curtis

Harvard’s Space Fraud Avi Loeb Says Space Rock Is Definitely Aliens This Time

Provides zero evidence as usual.

Drew Curtis

“This Comet Thing Is Aliens,” Says Resident Harvard Fraud Avi Loeb

Like he does every week, without evidence.

Drew Curtis

Reflect Orbital Wants FCC Approval To Launch 4,000 Mirrors Into Space To ‘Sell Sunlight’

Astronomers point out this is literally the plot of a Bond villain, minus the competent engineering.

Drew Curtis

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