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Jake Currie

Jake Currie is a writer based in Brooklyn, NY.

How Jupiter and Saturn Dictate Earth’s Oil Deposits

Jurassic mudstones reveal how the heavens impact Earth

January 13, 2026

Astronaut Brains Change Shape in Space

New research reveals spaceflight is literally mind-bending

January 12, 2026

Rogue Planet Weighed for the First Time

“The galaxy may be teeming with rogue planets”

January 9, 2026

Genius Dogs Can Learn Words Like Toddlers

New research shows “gifted word learning” pups have surprising verbal aptitude

January 8, 2026

What Baby Planets with the Density of Styrofoam Reveal

New research leads to important clues about how the most common planets are formed

January 7, 2026

Astronomers Witness Star Exploding at the Edge of the Universe

It’s the most distant supernova recorded to date

January 6, 2026

Milky Way’s Twin Causes Rethink of Galactic Evolution

The newly discovered precocious young galaxy appears to have formed in record time

January 5, 2026

Everything We Thought We Knew About How Stardust Spreads Across the Cosmos Is Wrong

An analysis of stardust 180 light-years from Earth had some illuminating lessons

January 2, 2026

Saturn’s Rings Are Thicker Than We Thought

New research points to a wide band of particles, invisible to telescopes

December 23, 2025

Did a Rogue Planet Bring Order to Our Solar System?

New models suggest a celestial bypasser left us with the current orbital lineup

December 22, 2025

Monster Stars Roamed the Cosmos at the Dawn of Time

“A bit like dinosaurs on Earth—they were enormous and primitive”

December 19, 2025