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February 13, 2017
Emily Atkin
The first hearing on NASA’s future will feature a climate-denying astronaut.
January 16, 2017
Stacia L. Brown
Hidden Figures and the Ambitious Working Mother
Challenged at work, supported at home, the trio of NASA mathematicians are a bold representation of cooperative black domestic life.
November 18, 2016
MagazineAlex Shephard
Forget Mars. Let’s Go Back to the Moon.
NASA wants to send humans to Mars by the 2030s. Neal Lane, Bill Clinton’s science adviser, says we should be looking at a closer goal.
August 23, 2016
Shannon Stirone
Where No Miner Has Gone Before
It’s one small step for man, one giant leap for asteroid prospectors.
March 14, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Scientists say February’s high temperatures warrant a climate emergency.
February 19, 2016
Sasha Belenky
A record-breaking 18,300 people have applied to become NASA astronauts.
January 28, 2016
Jamil Smith
The Challenger astronauts, lost 30 years ago today.
December 28, 2015
Sasha Belenky
Astronaut Scott Kelly’s tiny space vegetable garden is looking pretty sad.
December 23, 2015
Sasha Belenky
Astronaut phones home from space, gets his parents’ answering machine.
December 21, 2015
Mikaela Lefrak
With all the Star Wars hype, it’s easy to forget real people are doing their actual jobs in space.
December 17, 2015
Sasha Belenky
NASA is set to get a lot more money so it can search for alien life.
December 15, 2015
Esther Breger
The internet connection on fake Mars is really slow.
December 14, 2015
Sasha Belenky
Do you have the right stuff? The U.S. is looking for a few good astronauts.
November 12, 2015
Emma Foehringer Merchant
NASA’s new video showing how CO2 moves through the atmosphere is both eerie and mesmerizing.
July 16, 2015
Rebecca Leber
The Extraterrestrial Vote
On Pluto, aliens, John Podesta's X-Files obsession, and the 2016 election
March 13, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Space Scientists Tell Ted Cruz Why He Should Care About Earth
March 12, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Ted Cruz Wonders Why NASA Scientists Should Study Planet Earth
February 13, 2015
Rebecca Leber
NASA: Get Ready for Terrifying Megadroughts, America
November 17, 2014
Rebecca Leber
This Mesmerizing NASA Video Shows How Carbon Pollution Spreads Across the Planet
September 17, 2014
Chuck Thompson
How I Fell Out of Love with Space Tourism
It's elitist, overpriced, and overhyped

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