In A Moment Of Black Holes And Pandemics
A year after the Event Horizon Telescope captured the first ever image of a black hole, author and astrophysicist Janna Levin looks back at the project’s impact.
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A NASA Rover Is Catching A Private Ride To The Moon
The rover is designed to explore for the large stores of ice scientists suspect may be frozen in lunar polar regions.
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A Private Route To Orbit
SpaceX is attempting to send the first privately launched crewed flight to the space station this weekend.
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Galileo’s Battle Against Science Denial
How Galileo’s fight for science against skeptics is more relevant than ever.
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Making A New Map Of The Moon
USGS scientists used their expertise in map-making to catalogue the geology of the moon.
Sip, Sketch, And Gaze At The Sun (Safely)
On May 12, join Science Friday and Adler Planetarium to look through a telescope at the Sun together, through the power of the Internet. Get inspired by what you see and make an artwork as we look up!
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Thirty Years Of Stardom
After 30 years, the Hubble Space Telescope still offers sharp insight into space.
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Scientists Discover Potential Signs Of Life On Mercury
Mercury, it turns out, may have both water and basic chemical building blocks of life.
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What Does A ‘Pandemic’ Actually Mean?
What the World Health Organization’s declaration of a ‘pandemic’ means, and more from the week in science.
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Could A “Marsquake” Knock Down Your House?
What studying seismic activity on mars tells us about the red planet.