First screen, captured .
500 points by frabert | 120 comments
An Astronomy Stack Exchange question asking whether very distant galaxies, such as those seen by JWST, should appear magnified due to the expansion of space.
414 points by wscourge | 271 comments
A User Experience Stack Exchange question asking why the mouse pointer cursor is tilted rather than straight, and whether it is a legacy design choice.
918 points by bryanrasmussen | 300 comments
Chris Lewicki, a former Mars rover flight director, recounts a mistake he made on a $500M Mars rover mission and the lessons he drew from it.
8 points by Tomte | 4 comments
Noema Magazine essay arguing that establishing a human colony on Mars is fraught with risk and questioning why so many people are obsessed with it.
474 points by youngtaff | 417 comments
FT Alphaville article on SpaceX bonds falling below issue price, with yields rising toward junk territory; shown behind a registration gate.
705 points by zaik | 563 comments
University of Portsmouth blog post in which Professor Enrique Gaztanaga proposes a theory that the Big Bang may have occurred inside a black hole.
360 points by sohkamyung | 181 comments
An explainer article by physicist Matt Strassler on why the weak nuclear force acts only over very short distances, unlike electromagnetism and gravity.
6 points by saikatsg | 1 comments
A 404 Media article on a study finding the solar system is dynamically unstable over long timescales and will eventually be destroyed.