The Golden Record Decoded
Voyager 1 and 2 will drift for billions of years in the emptiness carrying a Golden Records, inscribed with our message to any intelligent spacefaring civilization that discovers it.
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Reaching for a Space Rock, Nanoparticles in the Brain, and a Missing Audio Jack
Journalist Amy Nordrum outlines the week in science, including NASA’s mission to collect a piece of an asteroid.
Five Back-To-School Books For Science-Loving Kids
A handful of good reads for the shark fans, budding architects, and other curious kids in your life.
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A Planetary Neighbor, Recovering a Lost Spacecraft, and Iceman Fashion
Science journalist Rachel Feltman discusses a newly discovered exoplanet neighbor, and other stories from the week in science.
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The Race to Build a Smaller Rocket
Rocket entrepreneurs are in competition to be the Uber for small satellites.
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What Makes the Solar System Like a Crime Scene?
An icy space object with a rebellious orbit may be a clue to the mystery of the early solar system.
A Portal to the Multiverse
Author Blake Crouch tells the story of a man who invents a machine that can access multiple realities.
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On the Hunt for New Particles in Physics
What could sterile neutrinos, gravitons, and axions tell us about the Standard Model?
The Sands Of Earth, And Beyond
Gary Greenberg uses 3D microscopes to inspect the diversity of sand grains.
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Staying Healthy in Space
Weightlessness and radiation both take a toll on the body, in ways we still don’t fully understand.