Above And Beyond

$100 Million Probably Isn’t Enough To Find Aliens, But Here’s Why It’s Still Worth Looking

Sometimes the most important scientific discoveries aren't the ones that were intended.
Duncan Geere
2 min read

Create a Planetarium in Your Living Room

A virtual reality app brings stargazing to any place, any time.
Duncan Geere
2 min read

The First Weather Forecast for Pluto

Helping space probes by seeing whether they'll need a coat once they've traveled billions of miles.
Duncan Geere
2 min read

How to Launch Your Own Space Program

How small cube satellites are offering even schoolkids the chance to explore beyond Earth.
Mark Harris
2 min read

From the Andes to Outer Space

How one company saved Argentina's space program.
Martin Etchegaray
10 min read

How Spaceships Die

Every probe we send out into space will eventually finish its mission–so what happens next?
Duncan Geere
6 min read

Zoom, Enhance

How decades and centuries of telescope improvements have revealed more of the heavens.
Duncan Geere
4 min read

Celebrating 25 Years of the Hubble Space Telescope

Happy birthday to an astronomical wonder.
Duncan Geere
6 min read

Space Photography is Helping to Fight Light Pollution

The Cities at Night project uses photos taken from the ISS to study the problem.
Patricia Rey Mallén
2 min read

Transmitting Languages into the Distant Future

From Ancient Egypt to Comet 67P, communicating with people far in the future is a challenge.
Mark Harris
5 min read