SORABUMI

SORABUMI is a site for people who get curious about space and end up looking things up.

Not breaking news—just careful answers to questions like "if a black hole swallows light, why can we see it?" and "how do you eat a meal on the space station?" We dig into the "why" behind space, with side notes of trivia.

We also publish short fiction set in space— tight, punchline-first stories. Fiction, but the science is real.

Explainers are written from primary sources at NASA, JAXA, and other agencies. "Gentle" doesn't mean sloppy—we aim for accuracy first, then clarity. Source links live at the bottom of every article.

Stories are fiction. The cosmos is described in line with real science, but the people, places, and punchlines are made up.

SORABUMI is primarily a Japanese-language site. The English edition is a translation of the original Japanese articles—the Japanese version is the source of truth.

To read the original, switch the language toggle in the header.

Currently 135 translated pieces, slowly growing.