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Earth

September 26, 2022

A spacecraft approaches two asteroids in a dark sky.

Science

Look at What Happens When Two Galaxies Collide

Marina Koren

August 17, 2022

A pair of sparkling galaxies in the beginning stages of merging together

Poem

Hotel Earth

James Longenbach

September 2022 Issue

illustration of a building's ornately corniced roofline and windows

Science

What Really Happens When Mercury Is in Retrograde

Marina Koren

May 28, 2022

A picture of Mercury as a bright crescent against the darkness of space, taken by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft in 2008

Poem

The Law of Falling Bodies

Brittney Scott

March 30, 2022

A little Dandelion seed floating in the black space beyond a door with a light shining on it

Science

We’ve Found 5,000 Exoplanets, and We’re Still Alone

Marina Koren

March 22, 2022

An artist's concept of an exoplanet the mass of Jupiter orbiting a star 10.5 light-years away from Earth

Poem

The Change

Stephen Sandy

March 20, 2022

Dark green yew needles painted onto a pale pink background

Science

Is Earth Smart?

Adam Frank, Sara Walker, and David Grinspoon

February 19, 2022

Science

Why Is NASA Sending Its New Telescope a Million Miles Away?

Marina Koren

December 10, 2021

An illustrated GIF of the James Webb Space Telescope in a star-filled night sky

Science

NASA Is Practicing Asteroid Deflection. You Know, Just in Case.

Marina Koren

November 26, 2021

An illustration of an asteroid knocking into the planets of the solar system as if the objects were beads on an abacus

Newsletters

Mass Psychosis

Tom Nichols

November 18, 2021

Black-and-white portrait of a man staring intently at the viewer

Science

Killer Whales Are Too Similar for Their Own Good

Hakai Magazine and Shi En Kim

November 7, 2021

Science

We’re Gonna Need Another Space Telescope

Marina Koren

November 4, 2021

A picture of the Milky Way stretching across the night sky

Science

The Moon Is Leaving Us

Marina Koren

September 30, 2021

The moon spins away into the depths of space.

Science

Faraway Planets Don’t Seem So Distant Anymore

Marina Koren

August 11, 2021

An illustration of planets orbiting beneath a question mark

Culture

Down With Morning People

James Parker

September 2021 Issue

Illustration of fried egg with frowning angry face in yolk in black frying pan on yellow background

Science

This Picture Has Major Moon Potential

Marina Koren

July 29, 2021

The exoplanet PDS 70c seen as a speck of light within a bright circle, surrounded by a circumplanetary disk

Science

When ‘the Aliens Are Us’

Marina Koren

June 23, 2021

An illustration of Earth moving in front of the sun

Science

Scientists Really, Really Want a Piece of Mars

Marina Koren

February 18, 2021

Science

Mars Doesn’t Look So Dead After All

Robin George Andrews and Quanta Magazine

February 6, 2021

Cerberus Fossae, a region of Mars marked by fault lines

Science

The Voyagers Found a Small Surprise in Interstellar Space

Marina Koren

December 4, 2020

The sun as a fiery red balls spewing particles

Science

Galaxy Brain Is Real

Marina Koren

December 1, 2020

Science

The Rogue Planets That Wander the Galaxy Alone

Marina Koren

October 29, 2020

A lone planet floats across the starry sky

Science

A Handful of Asteroid Could Help Decipher Our Entire Existence

Marina Koren

October 20, 2020

Science

A Faraway Solar System Is an Uncanny Reflection of Our Own

Marina Koren

July 23, 2020

Poem

Say This Isn’t the End

Richard Blanco

June 7, 2020

Science

A Fleeting Moment in the Solar System

Marina Koren

March 20, 2020

Science

Earth Has Had a Secret Second Moon for Months Now

Marina Koren

February 27, 2020

A tiny moon wizzes across the night sky.

Science

The Power of the ‘Pale Blue Dot’ Three Decades Later

Marina Koren

February 14, 2020

Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Venus, and Earth, as seen by Voyager 1

Science

A Graveyard of Giant Spacecraft Spins Through Space

Marina Koren

January 27, 2020

The Spitzer space telescope’s infrared view of the Milky Way

Science

The Biggest Celestial Event of the Year Could Happen Tomorrow

Marina Koren

January 23, 2020

The constellation Orion, with Betelgeuse glowing orange

Science

Giant, Mysterious Blobs Are Lurking at the Edge of Earth’s Core

Joshua Sokol and Quanta Magazine

January 11, 2020

A globe shows a giant molten blob beneath the Pacific ocean.

Science

The Wonder of Fire Without Gravity

Marina Koren

December 4, 2019

A flame in microgravity, filling with burning soot particles

Science

The Mystery of Moon Water

Marina Koren

October 15, 2019

Science

What Made Me Reconsider the Anthropocene

Peter Brannen

October 11, 2019

The Conversation

Letters: ‘The Anthropocene Epoch Is Not Hubris’

October 11, 2019

Sections

The Print Edition

Maybe We Won’t End Up Like the Dinosaurs

Look at What Happens When Two Galaxies Collide

Hotel Earth

What Really Happens When Mercury Is in Retrograde

The Law of Falling Bodies

We’ve Found 5,000 Exoplanets, and We’re Still Alone

The Change

Is Earth Smart?

Why Is NASA Sending Its New Telescope a Million Miles Away?

NASA Is Practicing Asteroid Deflection. You Know, Just in Case.

Mass Psychosis

Killer Whales Are Too Similar for Their Own Good

We’re Gonna Need Another Space Telescope

The Moon Is Leaving Us

Faraway Planets Don’t Seem So Distant Anymore

Down With Morning People

This Picture Has Major Moon Potential

When ‘the Aliens Are Us’

Scientists Really, Really Want a Piece of Mars

Mars Doesn’t Look So Dead After All

The Voyagers Found a Small Surprise in Interstellar Space

Galaxy Brain Is Real

The Rogue Planets That Wander the Galaxy Alone

A Handful of Asteroid Could Help Decipher Our Entire Existence

A Faraway Solar System Is an Uncanny Reflection of Our Own

Say This Isn’t the End

A Fleeting Moment in the Solar System

Earth Has Had a Secret Second Moon for Months Now

The Power of the ‘Pale Blue Dot’ Three Decades Later

A Graveyard of Giant Spacecraft Spins Through Space

The Biggest Celestial Event of the Year Could Happen Tomorrow

Giant, Mysterious Blobs Are Lurking at the Edge of Earth’s Core

The Wonder of Fire Without Gravity

The Mystery of Moon Water

What Made Me Reconsider the Anthropocene

Letters: ‘The Anthropocene Epoch Is Not Hubris’