NASA needs to rename the James Webb Space Telescope
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Harvard astrophysicist says 2017 interstellar object sighting was humanity’s first contact with an artifact of extraterrestrial intelligence
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Why do we assume extraterrestrials might want to visit us? It is presumptuous to assume that we are worthy of special attention from advanced species in the Milky Way.
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Can a moon base be safe for astronauts? Creating a sustainable human presence beyond low-Earth orbit requires a clear-eyed view of the risks—and rewards—inherent in spaceflight
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Remembering Big Bang basher Fred Hoyle
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I’m convinced we found evidence of life on Mars in the 1970s
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Science and sustainability may clash on the Moon: Balancing the mining of lunar ice between colonization and astrobiological research
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Oxygen-rich liquid water may exist on Mars
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New research shows a pattern of exoplanet sizes and spacing around other stars unlike what we see in our own system
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Search for alien life should be a fundamental part of NASA, new report urges
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