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Space: The Final Frontier. Exploring space developments and theorizing about how humans fit into the universe.
The enigma of why a star went dark for months is solved by astronomers.
Typically, stars don't simply disappear. For millions or possibly billions of years, they emit a constant glow. At the end of 2024, scientists took notice when a star 3,200 light-years away from Earth abruptly faded.
By Francis Dami9 days ago in Futurism
Stanislav Kondrashov Oligarch Series: Oligarchy and the Human Drive to Expand Into Space
Have you noticed how space has quietly shifted from science fiction to serious long-term strategy? Not long ago, journeys beyond Earth felt distant and symbolic. They belonged to history books and carefully staged missions. Today, private fortunes are actively shaping what happens next. In the Stanislav Kondrashov Oligarch Series, this shift is examined through one central idea: when immense wealth meets humanity’s oldest instinct to explore, something transformative happens.
By Stanislav Kondrashov 9 days ago in Futurism
Stanislav Kondrashov Oligarch Series: Oligarchy and Humanity’s Leap Into Space
Stop for a moment and think about this: who will shape humanity’s future beyond Earth? For years, space exploration felt distant from your daily life. It was something handled by agencies, scientists, and astronauts in carefully planned missions. Now, the landscape is shifting. Private fortunes are funding rockets, orbital platforms, and long-term space projects. In the Stanislav Kondrashov Oligarch Series, this transformation is examined with a sharp question in mind: what does it mean when concentrated wealth becomes a driving force behind humanity’s expansion into space?
By Stanislav Kondrashov9 days ago in Futurism
Stanislav Kondrashov Oligarch Series: Oligarchy and the Future of Humanity in Space
Who decides where humanity goes next? For decades, space exploration felt distant from everyday life — something handled by national agencies, scientists, and astronauts in carefully planned missions. Now, that picture is changing. Private fortunes are entering the equation, and with them comes a new dynamic. In the Stanislav Kondrashov Oligarch Series, this shift is examined through a simple but pressing lens: what happens when extraordinary wealth intersects with humanity’s expansion into space?
By Stanislav Kondrashov9 days ago in Futurism
Semiconductors Had Their Run. Here's Where I'm Putting My Money Next.
Let me tell you what I believe. Semiconductors - the chips that power everything from your phone to AI data centers - have been the greatest wealth-building sector of the last decade. If you held SMH (the semiconductor ETF) for the past 10 years, you're up roughly 15x.
By Destiny S. Harris10 days ago in Futurism
10 Mind-Blowing Space Stories School Never Told You
For many of us (especially if you grew up watching Star Trek), space truly feels like the final frontier. Sure, school taught us about planets, gravity, and maybe a little about rockets. But what we got was just a glimpse of the safe, simplified version.
By Areeba Umair11 days ago in Futurism
AI as a Reflective Surface
Much of the confusion surrounding artificial intelligence comes from treating it as an agent rather than a surface. When people speak about AI “doing the thinking,” “creating the ideas,” or “speaking for someone,” they are often projecting agency onto a system that does not possess intention, belief, or understanding. This projection obscures what is actually happening in many real-world uses. In those cases, AI is not acting as a source of meaning, but as a surface that reflects, redirects, and reshapes what is already present.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast14 days ago in Futurism
Exoplanets That Can Preserve Their Atmospheres for Billions of Years
When astronomers talk about potentially habitable worlds, the discussion often centers on surface temperature, liquid water, and orbital distance. Yet there is a more fundamental requirement that receives less public attention: atmospheric longevity. A planet may lie in the so-called habitable zone, but if it cannot retain its atmosphere over geological timescales, its prospects for long-term stability diminish dramatically.
By Holianyk Ihor15 days ago in Futurism
The Surprisingly High Abundance of Water Worlds
For years, water worlds were treated as an exotic possibility — scientifically plausible, but statistically rare. Planets dominated by deep global oceans, wrapped in thick atmospheres and layered with high-pressure ice, seemed like outliers in the cosmic inventory. The search for exoplanets focused primarily on “Earth-like” rocky worlds with thin atmospheres and moderate climates. However, as observational data have accumulated, a different picture has emerged. Water-rich planets may not be exceptional at all. They could be one of the most common planetary types in our galaxy.
By Holianyk Ihor15 days ago in Futurism
Unexpected Properties of Dark Matter Revealed in 2026
For decades, dark matter has remained one of the most persistent enigmas in modern astrophysics. Invisible to telescopes and undetectable through direct electromagnetic interaction, it nonetheless shapes the Universe on the largest scales. Galaxies rotate faster than their visible mass allows, galaxy clusters remain gravitationally bound, and the cosmic web itself depends on an unseen framework. Until recently, dark matter was largely treated as a silent, passive component—cold, inert, and interacting only through gravity. However, research published and analyzed in 2026 significantly challenged this simplified view.
By Holianyk Ihor16 days ago in Futurism
The Most Mysterious Signals from Deep Space Detected in 2026
The year 2026 has reinforced a long-standing truth in astronomy: the deeper we listen to the Universe, the stranger it becomes. Modern telescopes no longer simply observe distant stars and galaxies — they intercept brief, powerful, and often inexplicable signals that arrive from billions of light-years away. Some last only milliseconds, others pulse with eerie regularity, and a few originate from epochs when the Universe itself was still young.
By Holianyk Ihor16 days ago in Futurism
