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Jackie Appel • February 26, 2021
To exoplanet scientists, oddball planets are much more than just a strange sight on a cosmic sightseeing tour
Jackie Appel • February 3, 2021
Astronomers are finding ways to keep investigating the universe despite missing data due to COVID-19 telescope shutdowns
Jackie Appel • January 27, 2021
Scientists recently developed a substance that could help plants grow on Mars without the need for an artificial oxygen atmosphere
Joanna Thompson • December 28, 2020
Take a cyber tour of the dwarf planet, courtesy of NASA’s New Horizons probe
Joanna Thompson • December 14, 2020
The race to produce a Martian construction material has a new contender
Rahul Rao • May 6, 2020
Pluto’s next human-made visitor could peel away the world’s surface and reveal an ocean underneath
Rebecca Sohn • October 17, 2019
An astrophysicist and a poet discover they have much in common
Jessica Romeo • April 15, 2019
The Big Apple's amateur astronomers have been teaching and sharing the thrill of stargazing with the people of New York City for almost a century
Dani Leviss • January 15, 2019
Science is likely a long way from discovering life beyond Earth, but a decades-old equation can help us think about how to look — or possibly lead us astray
Dani Leviss • December 3, 2018
A competition to develop robot avatars for earthbound tasks could someday lead to virtual space travel
Isobel Whitcomb • November 29, 2018
Searching for extraterrestrial life is like trying to meet someone in Manhattan with no prearranged place or time
Emiliano Rodríguez Mega • June 15, 2018
One astronomer thinks failed stars will help us understand the origins of celestial objects
Charlie Wood • April 23, 2018
Saturn orbiter Cassini traveled nearly 5 billion miles on less than four tons of fuel
Matthew Phelan • March 7, 2018
In many ways, these little microbes are better prepared for space travel than we are
Jessica Boddy • February 26, 2018
Here’s how it affects you (and how we study it)