Katherine Harmon Courage
Meet the Asteroids Next Door
A radar system is set to map near-Earth objects as they fly by
How to Run Across Death Valley in the Summer
Learning how to cope with heatwaves, from an ultrarunner
Looking for Life’s Source on Ceres
The dwarf planet might have had a hot core and liquid oceans
Looking at Art on Psychedelics
People took mushrooms, then studied famous paintings. Here’s what happened.
We’re All Connected
Welcome to the Climates Issue
First Views of the Perseid Meteor Shower
An early peep for this year’s peak
How to Count Butterflies
6 projects to volunteer for community science to study butterfly populations
What a Massive Butterfly Count Reveals
A tale of three decades and 4.3 million butterflies
The Beauty of Martian Rocks
What scientists are learning from these dazzling samples
Our Windy Planet
Watch this mesmerizing animation of winds blowing across the globe