Terraforming Mars could risk exterminating the very lifeforms we dream of discovering.
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Astronomy
Did a colossal collision with a doomed planet give us our satellite?
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The author on writing her book, Our Moon, about the power of our satellite to guide evolution and human curiosity.
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What a trippy gravitational phenomenon can tell us about the universe.
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The music of the cosmos is stranger than you think.
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Could quantum mechanics hold the key?
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NASA cosmic dust curator Marc Fries is here to explain.
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Retired NASA astronaut Nicole Stott on her revelations from orbit.
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A new image of our solar system’s most volcanic body.
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What astronomers see in the light bouncing across the universe.
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