Recent content by jpishgar

Have we, to date, witnessed a perceivable increase in the mass of a black hole due to matter falling into it? And, if this is the case, and black holes simply get larger and larger as they consume matter, doesn't that mean that eventually the universe will simply collapse into one super-massive...

Welcome to our forums! I have a few questions I've been saving up from users (and from myself). Q. If a black hole is basically just a hyper-concentration of gravity, and a star is a concentrated ball of energy, is there any point at which a black hole can get "filled up"? If so, how many...

Notwithstanding certain members of this forum, that is. ;)

Hey there InterStellar! For some of the latest threads, take a quick peek at Trending found here: https://forums.space.com/trending/threads.1/ You'll find at least a good handful a day, this place is nothing but noisy - and that's how we like it. :) Of note, activity does ebb and flow from...

Hey there, Space.com is still a brand new forum community, so bear with! Our previous forum from ten years ago boasted more than half a million users, but took half a decade to build up. You can see already we're gearing up for steady discussion here, and there's tons of stuff going on, but...

In that as much as I enjoy the idea of nothing going "boom" at the beginning of time, the more recent models posit emergence from what is referred to as "quantum foam". Quantum foam was covered by the editorial team way back in 2015 here...

After consultation with the forums, they approve of you. Welcome aboard!

Yup - as sward mentioned, we'd love to, but can't. Surprisingly, that list of users is a whopping 10 years old! If we emailed a list that old, we'd be putting the forums and site on blast by every spam-catcher in the galaxy. As much as we want to, as much as we'd like to prod the old users...

Captain: John Sheridan (Babylon 5) Security: Lieutenant Jean Rasczak (Starship Troopers) Science: Q (Star Trek: TNG) Engineering: Kosh (Babylon 5) Tactical: Ultron (Marvel) I do believe the rest of you would have your ships summarily stomped by this team...provided they could keep from killing...

I have many questions. 1. We know how to get to Mars. Why haven't we had a manned mission to Mars yet? 2. What's the most absurd space tech that you've encountered or reported on? 3. What are your thoughts on the militarization of space? 4. Personal preference and why - planetarium or...

I love the idea of an area to talk space ephemera, including debris, traffic management, and policy. Better to create a Space General Discussion area, or lump the items together? Our hope is to avoid balkanizing the forums and creating really niche areas of discussion, but also not having one...

How'd you get the title of "Space Pope"? What's the biggest, most incredulous Eureka-style revelation you've had on the human factors in engineering side of things?

Welcome! What astronauts in particular would you like to hear from? -JP

Necromancy has it's benefits!

Welcome back, Ittiz and Mental Avenger!