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Gallery: 11 otherworldly photos of land, sea and sky at night
Due to light pollution near cities, many people can no longer see stars in their night skies, but astrophotographer Jack Fusco has traveled to dark places around North America to show us the wonders that still exist up there.
Posted Mar 2022
5 1/2 reasons you shouldn’t miss the solar eclipse, straight from an over-the-moon astrophysicist
Here’s why should stop what you’re doing and look up at the sky on August 21, according to astrophysics researcher Jedidah Isler.
Posted Aug 2017
The out-of-this-world strategies in place to stop an asteroid impact
NASA has a plan to combat rogue interstellar objects -- and even a Planetary Defense Officer. Asteroid hunter, space scientist and writer Carrie Nugent reveals the array of tactics, from the tested to the far-out.
Posted Mar 2017