Space

Episode 30 – The Galactic Core Outburst

You are Dr. Arlen Saidi, atmospheric physicist. But on nights like this, you’re also an artist. You’re standing beneath the clearest sky in the southern hemisphere. The Atacama Desert holds its breath as you adjust your mount and press the remote shutter on your astrophotography rig. It’s early May, the galaxy’s central bulge is rising, […]

Science

Unusual Signal from Achird: Is the Galaxy’s Alpha Civilization Reaching Out?

Gentlemen of Praetoria, strap in. The cosmos just got a whole lot more interesting. Deep in the void of space, 19.3 lightyears away, a signal has emerged from Achird—Eta Cassiopeiae—a binary star system with a star eerily similar to our own Sun. This isn’t just another blip on the radar. This is a call, a […]

Space

Episode 12: “The near-earth supernova”

In the stillness of the night, as the world went about its usual routines, a cosmic spectacle unfolded. Alpha Lyrae, a star shining brightly at a mere 25 light years away, erupted in a spectacular Type II-P supernova, unleashing a torrent of energy that would ripple across the globe. This event not only dazzled the […]