Most planets and dwarf planets in our solar system follow a peaceful rhythm — slow rotations, predictable orbits, and round, uniform shapes. But every now and then, the universe surprises us with a rebel. Meet Haumea, the dwarf planet that refuses to behave. Discovered in 2004, Haumea lives far beyond Neptune in the Kuiper Belt — a cold, cosmic junkyard of icy worlds. But unlike its quiet neighbors, Haumea is a world in a hurry. It spins so fast that its entire identity is sh

When we imagine life in space, we usually picture high-tech suits, engineered habitats, and astronauts specially trained to endure the harshest conditions imaginable. What we don’t picture is moss — a simple, ancient plant that grows quietly on rocks and damp forest floors. Yet in one of the most surprising experiments conducted aboard the International Space Station (ISS), scientists placed living moss on the outside of the station for nine months, exposing it to some of the

I recently had the chance to attend an AstroTour hosted by the University of Toronto. I came across the event on Instagram and immediately planned my Thursday evening to visit the campus. Upon arriving, I walked through the university’s stunning architecture to reach the Department of Earth Sciences, where a guest lecture was being delivered by Dr. Hannah Diamond-Lowe, a research assistant specializing in exoplanets—planets that exist outside our solar system. Dr. Lowe’s talk

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