Ivan Farkas
Ivan is a long-time writer who loves learning about technology, history, culture, and just about every major “ology” from “anthro” to “zoo.” Ivan also dabbles in internet comedy, marketing materials, and industry insight articles. An exercise science major, when Ivan isn’t staring at a book or screen he’s probably out in nature or lifting progressively heftier things off the ground. Ivan was born in sunny Romania and now resides in even-sunnier California.
Latest articles by Ivan Farkas

NASA rover discovers first ruby-like crystals on Mars
By Ivan Farkas published
Astronomers have detected small, ruby-like crystals embedded in Martian rocks, which may also hide sapphires created in the fury of meteorite impacts.

Enormous 3D map of the universe shows brilliant 'sea of light' near the cosmic dawn
By Ivan Farkas published
A unique technique allowed astronomers to see the early universe as a "sea of light" and explore the effects of gravity and dark energy on cosmic evolution.

Giant string of organic molecules on Mars may be one of the best signs of life yet
By Ivan Farkas published
A new NASA analysis concludes that it is "reasonable to hypothesize" that living things could have formed the odd organic molecules discovered on Mars.

Scientists spot 'rule-breaking' black hole growing 13 times faster than should be possible
By Ivan Farkas published
An ancient, fast-feeding quasar is breaking the rules of how black holes consume matter and generate galaxy-shaping jets.

Every major galaxy is speeding away from us, except one — and we finally know why
By Ivan Farkas published
A vast, flat sheet of dark matter may solve the long-standing mystery of why our neighboring galaxy Andromeda is speeding toward us while our other neighbors are moving away from us.

Astronomers spot 'time-warped' supernovas whose light both has and hasn't reached Earth
By Ivan Farkas published
Will two rare supernovas finally tell us how fast the universe is expanding? Perhaps, but we'll have to wait for it for them to 'reappear'.

James Webb telescope solves mystery of 'forever young' vampire stars from the dawn of time
By Ivan Farkas published
Astronomers have discovered how "forever young" stars stay blue and bright despite being almost as old as the universe.

Dark matter and neutrinos may interact, hinting at 'fundamental breakthrough' in particle physics
By Ivan Farkas published
Astronomers found evidence that dark matter and neutrinos may interact, hinting at a "fundamental breakthrough" that challenges our understanding of how the universe evolved.

James Webb telescope reveals sharpest-ever look at the edge of a supermassive black hole
By Ivan Farkas published
The James Webb Space Telescope snapped its sharpest image of the area around a black hole, solving a long-standing galactic mystery.

Hubble telescope discovers 'Cloud-9,' a dark and rare 'failed galaxy' that's unlike anything seen before
By Ivan Farkas published
Astronomers have revealed a new type of cosmic object called Cloud-9 — a dim, starless gas cloud anchored by a massive dark matter halo that may be the first-confirmed failed galaxy.

'Unprecedented' protoplanet collision spotted in 'Eye of Sauron' star system just 25 light-years from Earth
By Ivan Farkas published
Scientists watching the nearby Fomalhaut star system have directly seen two protoplanets smash together for the first time. Then, they saw it happen again.

This bright star will soon die in a nuclear explosion — and could be visible in Earth's daytime skies
By Ivan Farkas published
The bright binary star system V Sagittae will flare up multiple times before finally going supernova within the next 100 years. When it explodes, it could be visible to the naked eye even in sunlit skies.
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