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Jake Currie is a writer based in Brooklyn, NY.

Jake Currie

Astronomy

The Best Photos of the Artemis II Mission (So Far)

How to Track the Artemis II Mission

This 2024 image that NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured of the Crab Nebula, paired with its past observations and those of other telescopes, allows astronomers to study how the supernova remnant is expanding and evolving over time. Credits: Image: NASA, ESA, STScI, William Blair (JHU); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)

Hubble Snaps a New Dazzling Photo of the Crab Nebula

Devin Reese is the executive editor of Natural History and a science writer based in Alexandria, Virginia.

Devin Reese

Variety is a major theme in exoplanet discoveries over the past quarter century, as shown in this illustration. Most have been discovered by the "transit" method – watching for the tiniest of shadows as a planet crosses the face of its star. Illustration: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Lizbeth B. De La Torre

The Search for Alien Life Just Identified 45 New Targets

Astronaut during spacewalk. Credit: supamotion.co / Shutterstock.

The Comedy of Errors That Was the First-Ever Space Walk

Kristen French is an associate editor at Nautilus. She has worked in science journalism since 2013, reporting and writing features and news for publications such as Wired, Backchannel, The Verge, and New York Magazine. She has a masters degree in science journalism from Columbia University.

Kristen French

One of the 27 independent antennas that comprise the VLA is pictured scanning the night sky. Credit: BrianPIrwin / Shutterstock.

Why Haven’t We Heard from Extraterrestrials Yet?

The researchers chose the ‘Myles’ variety of chickpea for this study. Its compact size and resiliency support crop production in space-limited mission environments. Credit: University of Texas Institute for Geophysics.

Scientists Grow Chickpeas in Lunar Soil

Artist's impression of the Van Allen Probes in orbit. Credit: NASA

R.I.P Van Allen Space Probe A, Set to Crash Tonight

Glowing meteorite flying to planet Earth.

NASA’s DART Mission Offers Proof of Protection Against Asteroid Impacts

Image of comet 3I/ATLAS on 6 November 2025, captured by ESA's Juice spacecraft's JANUS science camera. Processed to reveal the structure of the comet's coma.

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Gets the Celebrity Treatment

Astronomers Capture Largest Image of Milky Way Ever

Rebecca Boyle is a science journalist based in Colorado Springs. She is a columnist for Atlas Obscura, a contributing editor at Scientific American, a contributing writer at Quanta, and a frequent contributor to The New York Times, The Atlantic, and many other publications.