Alex Mediano
@alexmediano.bsky.social
🧠 I write about how science, history, and technology reveal our humanity.
✍️ medium.com/@alexmediano5
🪐 Searching for meaning among data and stars.
✍️ medium.com/@alexmediano5
🪐 Searching for meaning among data and stars.
#Love or chemical wildfire?
When you fall, your brain doesn’t whisper… it screams.
Dopamine, oxytocin, cortisol — the cocktail that changes everything.
I break it down (without killing the magic) → medium.com/@alexmediano...
When you fall, your brain doesn’t whisper… it screams.
Dopamine, oxytocin, cortisol — the cocktail that changes everything.
I break it down (without killing the magic) → medium.com/@alexmediano...
This is what happens in your brain when love sets fire inside you.
This is what happens in your brain when love sets you on fire: a chemical storm that transforms your body, mind… and soul.
medium.com
August 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
#Love or chemical wildfire?
When you fall, your brain doesn’t whisper… it screams.
Dopamine, oxytocin, cortisol — the cocktail that changes everything.
I break it down (without killing the magic) → medium.com/@alexmediano...
When you fall, your brain doesn’t whisper… it screams.
Dopamine, oxytocin, cortisol — the cocktail that changes everything.
I break it down (without killing the magic) → medium.com/@alexmediano...
Some #blackholes just chill and snack on nearby matter.
Not this one.
This one got kicked out of its own #galaxy and is now racing through #space at over 4 million mph.
Behind it? A glowing 200,000-light-year trail of newborn #stars.
Cosmic heartbreak never looked so productive.
Not this one.
This one got kicked out of its own #galaxy and is now racing through #space at over 4 million mph.
Behind it? A glowing 200,000-light-year trail of newborn #stars.
Cosmic heartbreak never looked so productive.
July 31, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Some #blackholes just chill and snack on nearby matter.
Not this one.
This one got kicked out of its own #galaxy and is now racing through #space at over 4 million mph.
Behind it? A glowing 200,000-light-year trail of newborn #stars.
Cosmic heartbreak never looked so productive.
Not this one.
This one got kicked out of its own #galaxy and is now racing through #space at over 4 million mph.
Behind it? A glowing 200,000-light-year trail of newborn #stars.
Cosmic heartbreak never looked so productive.
Cosmic explosion or a black hole sneezing?
What you're seeing is a #quasar — a #blackhole so hungry it outshines its entire #galaxy.
It devours #matter, compresses it, and then spits out jets of energy like it’s running late for something.
It’s just the #universe being dramatic again.
What you're seeing is a #quasar — a #blackhole so hungry it outshines its entire #galaxy.
It devours #matter, compresses it, and then spits out jets of energy like it’s running late for something.
It’s just the #universe being dramatic again.
July 30, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Cosmic explosion or a black hole sneezing?
What you're seeing is a #quasar — a #blackhole so hungry it outshines its entire #galaxy.
It devours #matter, compresses it, and then spits out jets of energy like it’s running late for something.
It’s just the #universe being dramatic again.
What you're seeing is a #quasar — a #blackhole so hungry it outshines its entire #galaxy.
It devours #matter, compresses it, and then spits out jets of energy like it’s running late for something.
It’s just the #universe being dramatic again.
While everyone watches the wars on Earth, there’s another one unfolding silently above us.
The U.S., China, and Russia are already fighting for space — just without bullets.
Satellites, orbits, stations, signals: the new chessboard of power has no borders, only void.
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The U.S., China, and Russia are already fighting for space — just without bullets.
Satellites, orbits, stations, signals: the new chessboard of power has no borders, only void.
medium.com/@alexmediano...
Space Geopolitics: The Silent Conflict Between the U.S., China, and Russia
Space is no longer neutral. The U.S., China, and Russia are militarizing it — and private companies like SpaceX are part of the game.
medium.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
While everyone watches the wars on Earth, there’s another one unfolding silently above us.
The U.S., China, and Russia are already fighting for space — just without bullets.
Satellites, orbits, stations, signals: the new chessboard of power has no borders, only void.
medium.com/@alexmediano...
The U.S., China, and Russia are already fighting for space — just without bullets.
Satellites, orbits, stations, signals: the new chessboard of power has no borders, only void.
medium.com/@alexmediano...
Floating above a planet that never stops spinning, a human-made ship defies the void.
We are small, but not insignificant.
We are small, but not insignificant.
July 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Floating above a planet that never stops spinning, a human-made ship defies the void.
We are small, but not insignificant.
We are small, but not insignificant.
If one day we're imprisoned for downloading PDF books, I hope they separate us by literary genre.
July 28, 2025 at 6:30 AM
If one day we're imprisoned for downloading PDF books, I hope they separate us by literary genre.
🌍 There we are.
You, me, the memes, Mondays… all floating together on a tiny blue dot.
From up here, you can’t see borders, WiFi, or your to-do list. Just a small home, drifting in the middle of everything.
📷 Earthrise, 1968
You, me, the memes, Mondays… all floating together on a tiny blue dot.
From up here, you can’t see borders, WiFi, or your to-do list. Just a small home, drifting in the middle of everything.
📷 Earthrise, 1968
July 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
🌍 There we are.
You, me, the memes, Mondays… all floating together on a tiny blue dot.
From up here, you can’t see borders, WiFi, or your to-do list. Just a small home, drifting in the middle of everything.
📷 Earthrise, 1968
You, me, the memes, Mondays… all floating together on a tiny blue dot.
From up here, you can’t see borders, WiFi, or your to-do list. Just a small home, drifting in the middle of everything.
📷 Earthrise, 1968
A place where not even light can escape and time gets weird?
No, it’s not your Monday morning — it’s a black hole.
Mysterious, terrifying, and — surprisingly — beautiful.
I wrote about them (not because I want to fall into one, I swear).
Read it here → medium.com/@alexmediano...
No, it’s not your Monday morning — it’s a black hole.
Mysterious, terrifying, and — surprisingly — beautiful.
I wrote about them (not because I want to fall into one, I swear).
Read it here → medium.com/@alexmediano...
Black Holes, and the Beauty of the Unknown
A personal reflection on black holes, cosmic wonder, and the beauty of not knowing everything.
medium.com
July 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A place where not even light can escape and time gets weird?
No, it’s not your Monday morning — it’s a black hole.
Mysterious, terrifying, and — surprisingly — beautiful.
I wrote about them (not because I want to fall into one, I swear).
Read it here → medium.com/@alexmediano...
No, it’s not your Monday morning — it’s a black hole.
Mysterious, terrifying, and — surprisingly — beautiful.
I wrote about them (not because I want to fall into one, I swear).
Read it here → medium.com/@alexmediano...
The universe has its own version of absolute silence.
It’s called a black hole.
It’s called a black hole.
July 26, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The universe has its own version of absolute silence.
It’s called a black hole.
It’s called a black hole.
Rome, 1633.
A telescope, an inconvenient truth, and a trial that would shape history.
Galileo didn’t just see the stars — he saw through power.
✍️ I tell you the story here → medium.com/@alexmediano...
A telescope, an inconvenient truth, and a trial that would shape history.
Galileo didn’t just see the stars — he saw through power.
✍️ I tell you the story here → medium.com/@alexmediano...
Galileo, the Church, and the Night Truth Couldn’t Be Silenced
One man. One instrument. And a truth so powerful, it defied centuries of belief.
medium.com
July 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Rome, 1633.
A telescope, an inconvenient truth, and a trial that would shape history.
Galileo didn’t just see the stars — he saw through power.
✍️ I tell you the story here → medium.com/@alexmediano...
A telescope, an inconvenient truth, and a trial that would shape history.
Galileo didn’t just see the stars — he saw through power.
✍️ I tell you the story here → medium.com/@alexmediano...
This is not science fiction.
It is a bubble 7 light-years wide, sculpted by the breath of a dying star.
The universe doesn’t invent, it reveals.
It is a bubble 7 light-years wide, sculpted by the breath of a dying star.
The universe doesn’t invent, it reveals.
July 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
This is not science fiction.
It is a bubble 7 light-years wide, sculpted by the breath of a dying star.
The universe doesn’t invent, it reveals.
It is a bubble 7 light-years wide, sculpted by the breath of a dying star.
The universe doesn’t invent, it reveals.
What if we're not alone—but no one is talking?
I just published a piece exploring the Fermi Paradox:
why, in a universe full of stars and planets, no one seems to answer.
👽 Read it here:
medium.com/@alexmediano...
🪐 Let me know what you think: is silence proof… or a warning?
I just published a piece exploring the Fermi Paradox:
why, in a universe full of stars and planets, no one seems to answer.
👽 Read it here:
medium.com/@alexmediano...
🪐 Let me know what you think: is silence proof… or a warning?
The Fermi Paradox: Are We Really Alone in the Universe?
Fermi’s Paradox questions why, despite billions of stars and planets, we haven’t found alien life. Are we truly alone in the vast cosmos?
medium.com
July 25, 2025 at 4:12 AM
What if we're not alone—but no one is talking?
I just published a piece exploring the Fermi Paradox:
why, in a universe full of stars and planets, no one seems to answer.
👽 Read it here:
medium.com/@alexmediano...
🪐 Let me know what you think: is silence proof… or a warning?
I just published a piece exploring the Fermi Paradox:
why, in a universe full of stars and planets, no one seems to answer.
👽 Read it here:
medium.com/@alexmediano...
🪐 Let me know what you think: is silence proof… or a warning?