Ordinary media (whether news papers, magazines, or news networks) are very unreliable when it comes to reporting new findings in science. They often distort the facts or give misleading information. A good example of that is the false or misleading information they put out about advances in fusion technology. Unfortunately, there are even some popular scientists who distort the facts when they're hungry for media attention. Sometimes I think the reason is just a desire to be sensational because sensationalism sells. Sometimes it's because the people reporting science news just don't understand the science.
Thankfully, we are not at the mercy of these sources anymore. There are actually competent people on YouTube who do a much better job of reporting space and science news than what you can get on TV, magazines, or news papers. I'm going to direct you to four of my favourites.
Fraser Cain (not to be confused with Frasier Crane)
This guy is not a scientist, but he is an unusually competent and knowledgable science journalist, so I recommend him.
https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/videos
Anton Petrov
This guy is also not a scientist, but I think he used to be a science teacher.
https://www.youtube.com/@whatdamath/videos
Sabine Hossenfelder
Sabine is an actual physicist. She used to mostly talk about topics in physics, but lately she's become more of a science news channel. Besides being interesting and informative, she's also entertaining.
https://www.youtube.com/@SabineHossenfelder/videos
Dr. Becky
Becky is an astrophysicist. Most of her stuff is about stars, galaxies, and astronomy. Her specialty is black holes. Becky is fun to watch becasue of how enthusiastic she is about the topics she discusses.
https://www.youtube.com/@DrBecky/videos
If you're interested in physics, cosmology, astrophysics, or astronomy, you should subscribe to all four of these people. But they do sometimes talk about other things, like other fields of science as well as technology. I highly recommend all four of them.
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