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Ask ARSE: Wouldn’t an asteroid go straight through a flat Earth?

Ask ARSE: Wouldn’t an asteroid go straight thro...

A “flat earth” is not physically possible in nature with real materials. Without the earth’s mass, you cannot keep the earth’s atmosphere. Gravity holds down the atmosphere, and the oceans....

Ask ARSE: Wouldn’t an asteroid go straight thro...

A “flat earth” is not physically possible in nature with real materials. Without the earth’s mass, you cannot keep the earth’s atmosphere. Gravity holds down the atmosphere, and the oceans....

Perseverance Rover is choking on Mars Pebbles

Perseverance Rover is choking on Mars Pebbles

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover got some rocks stuck in its throat. Late last month, Perseverance collected its sixth Red Planet rock sample, but it hasn't been able to seal up...

Perseverance Rover is choking on Mars Pebbles

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover got some rocks stuck in its throat. Late last month, Perseverance collected its sixth Red Planet rock sample, but it hasn't been able to seal up...

Ask ARSE: How big would Betelgeuse appear if it replaced the Sun?

Ask ARSE: How big would Betelgeuse appear if it...

G’day campers, it is I; Kathy from HR at ARSE to answer the questions of our followers yet again.  Today’s question comes from Michael Slater from one of the more...

Ask ARSE: How big would Betelgeuse appear if it...

G’day campers, it is I; Kathy from HR at ARSE to answer the questions of our followers yet again.  Today’s question comes from Michael Slater from one of the more...

Deep Ocean Microbes Can Make Oxygen Without The Sun.

Deep Ocean Microbes Can Make Oxygen Without The...

Life on Earth depends on oxygen, and sunlight is what produces that oxygen. But researchers found a common, ocean-dwelling bacteria that broke all the rules.   Nitrosopumilus maritimus and several...

Deep Ocean Microbes Can Make Oxygen Without The...

Life on Earth depends on oxygen, and sunlight is what produces that oxygen. But researchers found a common, ocean-dwelling bacteria that broke all the rules.   Nitrosopumilus maritimus and several...

How Dangerous a Meteor Isn't Determined by Size

How Dangerous a Meteor Isn't Determined by Size

We owe a lot to meteorites. If they hadn't caused several mass extinction events, including wiping out non-avian dinosaurs, we might not be here now. Despite that, some things don't...

How Dangerous a Meteor Isn't Determined by Size

We owe a lot to meteorites. If they hadn't caused several mass extinction events, including wiping out non-avian dinosaurs, we might not be here now. Despite that, some things don't...

10 Critical Thinking Biases to Avoid Family Christmas Fallouts

10 Critical Thinking Biases to Avoid Family Chr...

This Christmas is a special one. And not for entirely positive reasons. Sure the whole Trump saga has proven to be good fuel for a Christmas dinner clash of clans....

10 Critical Thinking Biases to Avoid Family Chr...

This Christmas is a special one. And not for entirely positive reasons. Sure the whole Trump saga has proven to be good fuel for a Christmas dinner clash of clans....

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