HYPERNOVAS: Even bigger than supernovas

Look to the night sky and amid the vastness of space, you will find candles that have burned bright for eons. In their light, we find stories that take us back to a time when the universe was younger and darker. But, father time catches up to all of us. As they near the end […]

Recipe: Nuclear Pasta, Chef: Neutron Star

The universe has a penchant for cooking up all sorts of weird things. If it weren’t enough with black holes, supermassive stars, etc. astrophysics also postulates the existence of nuclear pasta, an exotic type of matter, within the interiors of neutron stars. To understand neutron stars, we need to know how stars behave. The bigger […]

WatchMojo Unveiled: Advanced civilizations and the Kardashev scale

Looking at how much technology has progressed over the last century, we have a strong argument toward greater advancement over shorter timescales for the foreseeable future. This begs the question, is there an upper limit to human civilization? I mean, how far can we go? My latest script for WatchMojo Unveiled tackled these questions in […]

Does the Great Filter spell doom for humanity?

Much like how we use a sieve to strain or refine liquids and dry ingredients, the Great Filter is a universal sieve with its primary ingredient being actual species, and in our case, humanity. The Great Filter is the response to a question posed by Nobel Laureate and physicist Enrico Fermi when he pondered about […]

My first GFX project at PBS Spacetime: Vacuum Decay and the End of the Universe

Recently, I was offered the opportunity to work with the team at PBS Spacetime, a Youtube Channel that explores all things crazy in astrophysics, and pretty much everything beyond our planet. Collaborating with the Spacetime team, I was responsible for Graphics Visualizations, in an awesome experience where we try to find means to illustrate and […]

My First Project at Watch Mojo’s Unveiled: What If We’re Living Inside A Black Hole?

Recently, I became a script writer for WatchMojo’s science channel Unveiled. My first project script had me address a topic in a field that I love: astrophysics. The question? What If We’re Living Inside A Black Hole? One of the more spectacular theories to come out of astrophysics involves the possibility that our universe exists […]

COSMOS: A Personal Voyage (1980) – “Re-View”

The first I heard of Carl Sagan was in high school when one of my professors suggested science writing as a prospective career path. He would mention his admiration for Sagan’s ability to dissect scientific concepts and communicate them to his readers in an eloquent manner. He would suggest I follow in his footsteps and […]

Perspective: What is Science?

The word “science” can mean different things to different people. To the general public, it can be a callback to the white lab coats, and microscopes that complete the classic trope of a “mad scientist.” To a student, it can be an unfriendly reminder of that incomprehensible fat textbook in the corner of the room. […]