Sorin Adam Matei
Analysis, research, maps, and essays from Sorin Adam Matei.
Of the many billions of stars that surround us, only some are orbited by planets. Of those that have planets, only some can support life. Of those planets that can support life, only some are close enough to their star not to…
Image by NASA Goddard Photo and Video via Flickr The end of a planet captured by Hubble… The hottest known planet in the Milky Way galaxy may also be its shortest-lived world. The doomed planet is being eaten by its parent star,…
A feature article published in Scientific American reveals the most probable use of what some consider to be the first complex computing device on record. According to Shawn Groetzen: Devices with this level of complexity were not seen again for almost 1,500…