“Not only does this milestone provide us with deeper insights into our Sun’s evolution and its impacts on our Solar System, but everything we learn about our own star also teaches us more about stars in the rest of the universe." inverse.com/science/we-tou…
NASA’s audacious Parker Solar Probe achieved the scientific first after three years and five Venus flybys, entering the Sun’s atmosphere on April 28, 2021. inverse.com/science/we-tou…
We're only learning about this incredible feat now because NASA needed the intervening months to confirm they had actually done it. inverse.com/science/we-tou…
Already, this achievement is serving up serious insight into the Sun. The probe confirmed the Sun’s atmosphere isn’t uniform in shape — it flows with peaks and valleys that the probe passed through repeatedly. inverse.com/science/we-tou…
In its fly-through, the probe discovered two strange solar weather phenomena: a source of solar wind, known as switchbacks, and a pseudostreamer. inverse.com/science/we-tou…
TV's funniest angry dad of 2021 reveals a dark truth about masculinity in Scene Stealer #21. Mike Melsky is portrayed by @conner_omalley in 'Joe Pera Talks With You.' He's captivating and frenzied and way over the top. He's chaotic. You can't look away. inverse.com/entertainment/…
O’Malley’s comedic style informs the energy of Mike Melsky, a force for chaos in the show’s first two seasons. Difficult to witness Mike Melsky, he still commands a repulsive sense of awe. inverse.com/entertainment/…
In a show dominated by a character with mannerisms from another era, Mike is the one most tapped into our zeitgeist of fragile, angry wounded-animal masculinity. When Mike is on the screen, it becomes his show anyway for however long it lasts. inverse.com/entertainment/…
Stealing the show is what Scene Stealers 2021 is about. Coming in at #22 is Danielle Poole, portrayed by Krys Marshall, from ‘For All Mankind.’ She becomes the first Black American to command a NASA mission. inverse.com/entertainment/…
‘For All Mankind’ is a must-see Apple TV+ series that reminds us alternate history speculation isn’t about the limp reimagining of the past. It’s having something critical to say about our present – and what we aspire to in a space-faring future. inverse.com/entertainment/…
Sci-fi is a balm on cultural ills. With Poole, 'For All Mankind' subsumes Star Trek to be more in touch with progressive ideals than the source it's paying homage to and creates a counter-mythology to our predominantly white history of spaceflight. inverse.com/entertainment/…
A gigantic gas planet was discovered in a double star system 325 light-years away that challenges scientists’ ideas about how planets form. inverse.com/science/b-cent…
Markus Jonson and his team used the SPHERE exoplanet imager on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope to survey the star system. The two stars should be too big and hot to have a giant planet. inverse.com/science/b-cent…
Officially dubbed b Cen (AB)b, the planet is 11 times the mass of Jupiter, and its orbit is 100 times more expensive than Jupiter’s. There are very few Solar System objects that orbit that far from the Sun. inverse.com/science/b-cent…
Scene Stealers is about unforgettable side characters, and scene stealer #28 is Laura Birn's artificially intelligent Eto Demerzel from @Foundation_. She is robotic, but gains something resembling humanity mixing with her programming as the show goes on. inverse.com/entertainment/…
Birn portrays an otherworldly alien quality. She starts cold with delicate actions that grow and reveal Demerzel’s inner strength and dreams that captivate the audience. inverse.com/entertainment/…
Viewers are drawn in by the hidden depths of Demerzel. Her portrayal as a machine with human features leaves us with more questions than answers. What makes us human? inverse.com/entertainment/…
Scene Stealer #29 comes in from Apple TV+. Toad (@MisterHoonLee) steps up to fulfil his duty while slaying foes and teaching Kofun. ‘Now, do me a favor. Go kill someone.’ inverse.com/entertainment/…
In post-apocalyptic fantasy sci-fi ‘See,’ Toad, played by @MisterHoonLee, is a ‘Witchfinder’ who's blind and believes sight is evil, but follows a code that dictates Kofun, portrayed by @archmadekwefans, must be protected despite his ability to see. inverse.com/entertainment/…
Lee attacks the role with gusto. Toad is a no-nonsense soldier, fearsome combatant, and a blind man capable of cutting down enemies like buttered toast. inverse.com/entertainment/…
Joe Collie from Netflix horror ‘Midnight Mass’ is Scene Stealer #30. After a huge mistake, Joe aimed to change, only to fall short. ‘Here’s to becoming different people.’ inverse.com/entertainment/…
Joe Collie’s culmination comes from a confrontation with Leeza built up from a significant moment before the show starts. She unleashed on him, leaving him speechless and acting masterfully. inverse.com/entertainment/…
Joe Collie is an openly wounded man who does not cope well with life. His rage and drunkenness are always out in the open for the town and audience. inverse.com/entertainment/…