Paul M. Sutter
The Hardest Bias in Astronomy
A nasty sort of bias called Malmquist bias affects almost every astronomical survey, and the only solution is to...keep doing…
Life Needs Black Holes to Survive
Life is rare, and it requires exactly the right environmental mix to establish itself. And there's one surprising contributor to…
What Makes a Supercluster?
By eye, it's impossible to pick out the exact boundaries of the superclusters, which are among the largest structures in…
Is Science Slowing Down?
Paradoxically, even though we produce more scientific output than ever before – each year, researchers around the world publish millions…
The Universe is on the Move
Our universe is defined by the way it moves, and one way to describe the history of science is through…
The Knowledge We Don’t Yet Have
We have gained so much powerful knowledge in the past few hundred years. But there's still so much that we…
Could We Ever Harness Quantum Vacuum Energy?
The fabric of spacetime is roiling with vibrating quantum fields, known as the vacuum energy. It's right there, everywhere we…
The Secrets Hiding in the Vacuum
Empty space is nothing but. According to the weird rules of quantum mechanics, it’s actually filled with an endless amount…
The Seeming Impossibility of Life
The number of near misses, false starts, and legitimate disasters that have befallen our species since the day we took…
Is the Habitable Zone Really Habitable?
The water that life knows and needs, the water that makes a world habitable, the water that acts as the…