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Video: What if we bring back life from Mars?

By Erik English | Biosecurity

Black swans from Mars? The real risks of sending alien samples home

By Valerie Brown | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies, Investigative Reporting, Special Topics

Artist’s conception of Galileo satellite in orbit in 2021. Image courtesy of European Space Agency

In Congress, no one can hear you scream (about space)

By Jared Rosen | Disruptive Technologies, Technology and Security

Orionid Star Trail Composite. Credit: ikewinski. Accessed via Creative Commons. CC BY 2.0.

Satellites and climate change threaten the night. This October meteor shower celebrates it.

By Susan D’Agostino | Climate Change

Illustration of a conceptual spacecraft enabled by nuclear thermal propulsion. Credit: NASA

Is using nuclear materials for space travel dangerous, genius, or a little of both?

By Susan D’Agostino | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Opinion

radio telescope, Arecibo Observatory

Hurricanes, earthquakes, and now this. A Puerto Rican scientist’s lament for the loss of a legendary telescope

By John Morales | Climate Change, Columnists

Marshall Shepherd: Connecting atmospheric science and society

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, Interviews

satellites over Earth

Poll: The public and Washington don’t share the same space priorities

By Dan Drollette Jr | What We’re Reading

Projecting power: The security implications of space-based solar power

By Leet W. Wood | Uncategorized