Neil Armstrong (left) as portrayed by Ryan Gosling in First Man (Credit: Universal)

The Sciences

What "First Man" Gets Fabulously Right About NASA: An Interview with Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden

This is where the magic happens: The main judging hall for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. (Credit: Chris Ayers/Society for Science &amp; the Public)

Mind

Saving the World, One Science Fair at a Time

Here there be water! The maps show the distribution of surface ice at the Moon's south (left) and north (right) poles. (Credit: NASA)

There's Frost on the Moon — and All Across the Solar System

Proxima Centauri b - ESO

What is a "Habitable" Planet, Anyway?

Pluto is a beautiful world, with ice mountains, nitrogen glaciers, a haze-layered atmosphere, and methane dunes. But all that complexity does not necessarily make it a “planet.” (Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI)

Here's the Answer That Will Finally Settle the "Is Pluto a Planet?" Debate for Good (Yeah, Right)

Illustration of &#096;Oumuamua, the first-known interstellar asteroid. Its unusual shape and color offer cryptic clues about the nature of objects from other solar systems. (Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser) 

That Interstellar Asteroid is Pretty Strange. Could It Be...?

KELT-11b - Lehigh University

How Big is the Biggest Possible Planet?

Never mind the Squire of Gothos; what if we really found an alien civilization at a 16th-century level of technological development? (Credit: Paramount)

What if We Discovered an Alien Civilization Less Advanced Than Our Own?

Andromeda nebula, photographed at the Yerkes Observatory circa 1900. To modern eyes, this is clearly a galaxy. At the time, though, it was described as &quot;a mass of glowing gas.&quot; (From the book Astronomy of To-Day)

January 1, 1925: The Day We Discovered the Universe

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Making Sense of the 'WTF' Star

Three of the five big impacts (that we know of!) on Jupiter over the past 22 years.

The Solar System is a-Changing

Planet 9 from Outer Space: The peculiar alignment and tilt of the 6 most distant objects in the solar system hint at the presence of an unseen massive planet orbiting far beyond Pluto. (Credit: Caltech/R. Hurt/IPAC)

A Little Perspective on the New "9th Planet" (and the 10th, and the 11th)

Corey S. Powell

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Corey S. Powell 撰写的内容

《登月第一人》对美国国家航空航天局（NASA）的描绘有多么精准：对“阿波罗15号”宇航员阿尔·沃登的专访

一次科学展拯救世界

月球上有霜——而且遍及整个太阳系

“宜居”行星到底是什么？

关于“冥王星是否是行星？”的争论，这有一个能最终解决一切的答案（但愿如此）

那个星际小行星很不寻常。会是…吗？

最大行星有多大？

如果我们发现了一个比我们自己落后的外星文明？

1925年1月1日：我们发现宇宙的那一天

理解“WTF”恒星

太阳系正在发生变化

关于新“第九行星”的视角（以及第十、第十一颗）

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