April 25, 2025

Europe then and now

When I was in my mid-20s, more than 40 years ago, I backpacked throughout Europe, for two months. I hitchhiked and rode trains across 13 countries, staying in youth hostels with their daily required chores, fully immersing myself into city and r...

April 22, 2025

Life discovered on a distant planet?

On a massive ocean planet 124 light-years from our own, sunlight from this planet's star struck certain molecules in its atmosphere, which re-emitted the light towards Earth, where the James Webb Space Telescope "tentatively" detected i...