Recently, the world's largest plane flew successfully. It has the wingspan of a football field and is very unique. Because it is very wide, it has to have two bodies underneath the wings. The plane also is very strong and can go 17,000 ft. It is starting a new thing about space travel. Its purpose is not to go into space, but to get things high into the sky. It sends the shuttle off of it when it reaches the right altitude.

Scientists have found a mysterious star-forming area in space. They took the first high-resolution picture of a huge star-forming area in the Milky Way. They used a radio telescope to map out the large area. Before, people couldn’t see because it is near a cloud of dust and gas. The observations done by the scientists are showing the great amount and rate that the universe is expanding.

Recently, scientists have found the universe’s first type of molecule. From research and studies done by scientists show that about 100,000 years after the big bang, helium, and hydrogen mixed. They believe this created a molecule called helium hydride. This was observed by SOFIA or NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy. Since this molecule formed, it cooled down the universe and started the cycle of creating stars. It also was very important for everything that happened after that.

There are many vegetables and fruits that are good for you, but scientists have found ways to make it better. They use something called CRISPR, and this is a way to gene edit fresh produce to be better. In the process, they change up and mix different genes. This creates overall better food. This can make crops yield more, make things to last longer and be way healthier. Health benefits from the food could really help everyone.

Harvard physicists say that wormhole travel may be possible. Wormholes are when space folds and thus gives you something like a portal. This can take you very far places in a short amount of time. One theory is that wormholes are black holes and on the other side is a white hole. The Einstein Rosen Bridge theory states that as you compress an object in space, it makes space-time change. It would get curved and eventually collapse on itself creating a black hole and maybe a wormhole.

Scientists are finally close to seeing what dark matter is. It is what most of the universe is. There is a device called the Large Hadron Collider. It has a 27-kilometer ring of super magnets inside. From both sides, it produces a particle beam that passes over each other at the speed of light. A particle beam is made up of subatomic particles that are smaller than atoms. People say that soon maybe it can uncover the truth about dark matter.

There are many problems caused by pollution and waste, but people have discovered how to destroy nuclear waste. Nuclear power is very important for future societies energy. This is very harmful and radioactive. The idea is that we could use high-intensity lasers and change the radioactive substance into something that is not harmful. The goal is to make the shortest and most intense laser. It will change the nucleus of the atom and therefore make the waste unharmful.

A new surprising Experiment done by MIT and Nasa can make aircraft change shape in the air. The wings are made out of many hollow pieces that are compacted. The team can program each small component to move, changing the whole shape of the body. This can be very helpful in different conditions. The main place is not made out of regular materials either and makes some of the body hard and some soft. Overall, it is good for missions, because of the shape, flexibility, and endurance.

There are many things that we use that need energy to work. The Dyson sphere will help. On Earth, we only get a small fraction of energy because the sun is so far away. There is some research on something called the Dyson sphere. To actually be able to get the resources, we will need to venture out to another planet with the resources. From there on we can eject the panels into space and use that energy to create more.

Scientists found out how to levitate objects with only using light. They could use this to propel things like space crafts. It could be a laser back on Earth that shot onto the spaceship. The scientists call it photonic levitation and propulsion. Caltech scientists say that a focused beam of light could reflect and stabilize an object, which will then cause the object to be propelled. This can truly help our cause of spreading humanity to other planets and galaxies.