I loved the first 2 seasons of the Mandalorian (3rd season not so much). But a year and a half after its announcement, and countless teasers to keep us busy, the first trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu finally dropped. Here’s a breakdown of what to expect from the first Star Wars film in six years.

If you read this newsletter, you know I am way skeptical of all the hype around the current version of AI. Now, as “AI slop” is bleeding into every corner of the internet, its quality and reliability is gradually diminishing. Is this our sign to jump ship while we still can?

A history of our understanding of the Big Bang, what still sticks, and what needs some reworking.

We can now routinely “hear” giant black holes colliding. Recent improvements at LIGO - the Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory - have allowed scientists to go further and confirm a number of theories first postulated decades ago.

A biomedical engineer, an anesthesiologist, and a geologist walk into a NASA training center… This isn’t a set up for a joke, utr some of the newest additions to the future generation of astronauts.

Good news for these incoming astronauts, they may be able to drink fresh tea grown on the moon! Scientists found that tea plants planted in soil environments modeled after our moon grew just as well as their Earthly counterparts. Now what about coffee?

Have you ever looked up at the night sky and wondered, “who gets an asteroid named after them?” Good news! This video explores a number of identified asteroids and their respective namesakes.