Most Americans support NASA – but don't think it should prioritize sending people to space
A new survey catalogs Americans’ expectations about the future of space, from NASA to SpaceX. Two space policy experts describe how these results stack up against the current state of space affairs.
Teasel Muir-Harmony, Curator of the Apollo Collection, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and Affiliate Adjunct, Georgetown University •
conversation
Aug. 3, 2023 • ~10 min
Aug. 3, 2023 • ~10 min
Measuring helium in distant galaxies may give physicists insight into why the universe exists
The way particles interacted while the universe was forming seconds after the Big Bang could explain why the universe exists the way it does – a physicist explains matter-antimatter asymmetry.
Anne-Katherine Burns, Ph.D. Candidate in Theoretical Particle Physics, University of California, Irvine •
conversation
July 26, 2023 • ~8 min
July 26, 2023 • ~8 min
65 years of NASA – an astrophysicist reflects on the agency's legacy
Both Stephen Alexander’s elementary teachers and televised NASA missions throughout the ‘60s influenced his journey into science. He recounts NASA’s legacy, 65 years after the agency’s inception.
Stephen G. Alexander, Associate Professor of Physics, Miami University •
conversation
July 24, 2023 • ~9 min
July 24, 2023 • ~9 min
First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don't learn from history
Three Indigenous studies scholars draw from colonial histories and explain why listening for alien life can have ethical ramifications.
William Lempert, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Bowdoin College •
conversation
July 19, 2023 • ~11 min
July 19, 2023 • ~11 min
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