Tag: space
What the Voyager space probes can teach humanity about immortality and...
James Edward Huchingson, Florida International University
Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth. After sweeping by Jupiter,...
Over 100 years of Antarctic agriculture is helping scientists grow food...
Daniella McCahey, Texas Tech University
Figuring out how to feed people in space is a major part of a...
Blasting out Earth’s location with the hope of reaching aliens is...
Chris Impey, University of Arizona
If a person is lost in the wilderness, they...
What is a dwarf planet?
Vahe Peroomian, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Curious Kids is a series...
A lunar return, a Jupiter moon, the most powerful rocket ever...
Chris Impey, University of Arizona
Space travel is all about momentum.
Rockets turn their fuel into...
Real shooting stars exist, but they aren’t the streaks you see...
Idan Ginsburg, Georgia State University
“I see thy glory like a shooting star.”
So says the Earl of Salisbury as he ruminates about the future...
How many satellites are orbiting Earth?
Supriya Chakrabarti, University of Massachusetts Lowell
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It seems like every week, another rocket...
Why does gravity pull us down and not up?
Mario Borunda, Oklahoma State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
