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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. On August 21, 2017, millions of people across t...

How should we protect and preserve our history — on the moon?

As new moon-going efforts ramp up, space explorers must remember to safeguard what humans left there previously — and also study it before it’s too late. The next several years ...

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 tacti...