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Astronomy

A Possible Crisis in the Cosmos Could Lead to a New Understanding of the Universe

Michael D. Lemonick

Planetary Science

Planetary Science

What Happens to a Werewolf on the Moon?

Phil Plait

Planetary Science

Planetary Science

Space Junk Is Polluting Earth’s Stratosphere with Vaporized Metal

Leonard David and Lee Billings

Space Exploration

Here’s How to Bring Mars Down to Earth: Let NASA Do What NASA Does Best

Increasing NASA’s budget would ease pressure and allow it to dream even bigger

Phil Plait | Opinion

Astronomy

A Possible Crisis in the Cosmos Could Lead to a New Understanding of the Universe

Michael D. Lemonick

Planetary Science

Planetary Science

What Happens to a Werewolf on the Moon?

Phil Plait

Planetary Science

Planetary Science

Space Junk Is Polluting Earth’s Stratosphere with Vaporized Metal

Leonard David and Lee Billings

Astronomy

Astronomers May Have Witnessed Worlds in Collision

Lyndie Chiou and Lee Billings

Astrophysics

‘Modified’ Gravity May Make Planet Nine Disappear

Nola Taylor Tillman

Space Exploration

Space Exploration

Space Manufacturing is Not Science Fiction

Jason Drakeford, Tulika Bose, Kelso Harper and Jeffery DelViscio

Astronomy

JWST Detects Quartz Crystals in an Exoplanet’s Atmosphere

Keith Cooper and SPACE.com

Astronomy

Stunning Images Reveal Rogue Planets of the Orion Nebula

Phil Plait

Special Report

Inside the New Missions to Jupiter's Moons

Inside the New Missions to Jupiter's Moons

Spacecraft will explore hidden oceans and the possibility of life on the moons of Jupiter

Videos

Space Exploration

Space Manufacturing is Not Science Fiction

A Stanford researcher is growing crystals on the International Space Station and electronics to withstand the extreme environments of Venus.

October 23, 2023

Black Holes

Listen to the Astonishing 'Chirp' of Two Black Holes Merging

June 1, 2023

Dark Matter

Vera Rubin Lives On in Lives of the Women She Helped in Astronomy

March 31, 2023

Particle Physics

Particle Physics

This Particle Accelerator Makes a Substance That Has Not Existed in 13 Billion Years

February 22, 2023

Astrophysics

All the Gold in the Universe Was (Likely) Created This Way

January 5, 2023

Podcasts

Song of the Stars, Part 3: The Universe in all Senses

Science, Quickly

Song of the Stars, Part 3: The Universe in all Senses

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