A black hole has overstayed its welcome and forcibly kicked out of its galaxy. Leaving a mess in its wake. It’s complicated. https://www.msn.com/en-us/science/astronomy/james-webb-sees-a-supermassive-black-hole-getting-kicked-out/ar-AA1SPsz4
“Time” by RomeDome Prest Phor-Tyme was late. Not a little late. Not the sort of late that could be healed with a sincere apology, a folded excuse, or a hurried message sent from a wristpad while running down a moving walkway. Prest was professionally late. He was late to cyberwork. Late to holo-appointments. Late to digiConcerts, virtual … Continue reading Time
Scientists argue that large lunar cities are likely unsustainable because there is not enough water ice in the Moon’s polar cold traps, even though power would be plentiful from near-permanent sunlight on crater rims. A new analysis estimates that even an optimistic 1 billion tons of ice would support a million-person settlement for only a … Continue reading News: Lunar Cities Need Water
Blister Mister By Ornay Mahornayorn. From Planet Mister’s silver stream, Where moonlight flows in chrome-like gleam, Came river-aliens, sleek and bright, To conquer Earth one starless night. Their skin was silver, smooth and grand, Their saucer hummed above the land; Their leader cried, “Prepare the way! Earth shall be ours before first day!” But there … Continue reading Blister Mister
According to a Forethought article, unrestricted “galactic anarchy” in space colonization is dangerous because vast distances prevent timely enforcement against rogue star systems that could waste cosmic resources in expansion races, trigger universe-destroying events, or create astronomical suffering. To avert this, every outgoing probe should carry a “nightwatchman” superintelligent AI that holds a decisive local … Continue reading News: How to Solve Galactic Anarchy
Shoreline by RomeDome. The beach at Northwinds Sandestin had emptied before midnight. Only the four of us remained, walking at the seam where the Gulf folded itself onto the sand. Far out over the water, a thunderstorm pulsed behind the horizon—silent flashes at first, then a low delay of thunder that seemed to travel beneath … Continue reading Shoreline
Đỉa Tinh by RomeDome. “ Days of heavy rain flooded the valley floor and filled trenches with mud and water; the battlefield … began to resemble something from the Somme or Passchendaele.” — J. Llewellyn et al, “Dien Bien Phu” “At Dien Bien Phu, the enemy did not come out of the jungle. They came through … Continue reading Đỉa Tinh
9/3/2026 : A pair of spacecraft draw closer to Mercury after nearly decade-long voyage. AP News Link here : https://apnews.com/article/mercury-bepicolombo-spacecraft-8840475f5f873b9bcc7245f45ffdc50c
Potato Field By Taters Canning. When I was a young boy, thin as a rake, The Dust Bowl had left us with little to take. We drifted west, Depression weary in our hair, To Salinas, California, for work—or a prayer. My pa saw a field in the moon’s silver glow, With potatoes … Continue reading Potato Field
The Silence Above Xuois by RomeDome. Above the vast blue storms of planet Xuois, where the ringed sun scattered silver fire across the upper atmosphere, three heendinburks kept watch. They were neither ships nor dirigibles, though the sevitan artisans called them that. They were living beings: immense organic-tech creatures evolved from the ancient noollab blimpoids, their blue-whale-sized bodies grown through with … Continue reading The Silence Above
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