Since Albert Einstein published his General Theory of Relativity in 1915, it has been the bedrock of modern cosmology, successfully describing everything from orbiting planets to the large-scale structure of the universe. But at the very beginning of our cosmos,…
It’s hard to picture something as armored as an ankylosaur ever being small. These Cretaceous tanks are famous for bony plates running down their backs and, in many species, a bone-crushing club welded onto the end of their tail. But…
WE JINXED IT: THE GOLDEN COMET C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) HAS SPLIT INTO PIECES Remember that weirdly luminous, gorgeous chunk of ice and rock called Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS)? The one that was so close to the Sun that everyone bet…
The Silence of Speed: NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Jet Finally Takes Flight Remember the Concorde? It was fast, glamorous, and loud—really loud. That deafening boom every time it broke the sound barrier is precisely why commercial supersonic travel over land…
Tianwen-1’s Interstellar Stare: China’s Mars Orbiter Captures Comet 3I/ATLAS in Stunning New Photos Our interstellar visitor, Comet 3I/ATLAS, is proving that space exploration is truly a global effort. While the mysterious object was temporarily hidden from the mighty telescopes of…
A mysterious visitor streaked through our Solar System in late 2025, travelling at a blinding speed of over 60 kilometers per second. It’s the third interstellar object ever detected, and its arrival split the scientific community and the internet into…
Imagine hiking through a lush, misty forest, and there, hiding amongst the damp leaves, you spot something straight out of a whimsical animated film. It’s a tiny, brown snail, but its shell isn’t smooth—it’s covered in fine, golden hairs! This…
An artistic illustration showing comets delivering both regular and heavy water to Earth. Image credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO Vosteen, B. Saxton At Fact Fun, we often look back at Earth’s origins, but this time scientists looked even further — and what…
At Fact Fun, we love when science uncovers moments that seem almost too whimsical to be real. Recently, a sea pig — a bizarre deep-sea relative of the sea cucumber — was caught on camera “dancing” over 2,300 meters (7,677…
Who needs eyes when you dwell in the ocean’s deepest, darkest depths? Image credit: NOAA/OAR/OER, 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas, Leg 3. At Fact Fun, we dive into stories that prove how little we still know about life beneath…