Daily Archives: Dec 16, 2025

When the "Gannon" superstorm struck in May 2024, Earth's plasmasphere-the doughnut-shaped shell of cold, charged particles that co-rotates with the planet's magnetic field-collapsed to an altitude of just 9,600 kilometers, a level never before recorded by modern instruments. This sudden compression, from its typical 44,000 kilometers, removed five-sixths of...

What's the rarest thing you can see in the night sky? For astronomers right now, it's an interstellar comet-and 3I/ATLAS is putting on a show unlike any in years. Racing through the solar system at more than 130,000 mph, this icy traveler from another star system has just made...

Carry a .25 if it feels good to you, but never load it. Late Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper's tongue-in-cheek counsel still resonates in discussions on defensive caliber. At the high-stakes game of self-protection, choosing the wrong caliber can be the difference between halting an attack and exposing yourself to...