Team discovers sun’s highest-energy light

Researchers report the discovery of the highest-energy light ever observed from the sun.

Michigan State • futurity
Aug. 4, 2023 ~8 min

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


Curious Kids: what comes after space?

To find out what is beyond space, a good place to start would be to figure out where space – our universe – ends.

Maggie Lieu, Research Fellow, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham • conversation
Aug. 1, 2023 ~5 min

Can supercomputers help solve mysteries of universe?

A talk with Andrew Pontzen, author of “The Universe in a Box: Simulations and the Quest to Code the Cosmos.”

Liz Mineo • harvard
July 31, 2023 ~6 min

What happens if someone dies in space?

If an astronaut were to die on Mars, neither cremation nor burial would be good options.

Emmanuel Urquieta, Professor of Space Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine • conversation
July 31, 2023 ~6 min

What’s the secret behind Venus looking younger than it is?

Venus is about 4.5 billion years old, but it looks a lot younger. A new discovery may explain the secret to its youthful appearance.

Jim Shelton-Yale • futurity
July 27, 2023 ~5 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

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


Webb sees carbon-rich dust grains in the first billion years of cosmic time

For the first time, the James Webb Space Telescope has observed the chemical signature of carbon-rich dust grains in the early universe.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 19, 2023 ~7 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

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