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Nautilus

Emily Lakdawalla

Astronomy

The Search for Eclipses as Perfect as Earth’s

Jen Kinney

Can “New Horizons” Bring a Crowdsourced Message From Earth to Aliens?

Shannon Hall

A Visual History of Humanity’s Exploration of Pluto

Caleb Scharf is an astrobiologist, author, and recipient of the 2022 Carl Sagan Medal. His latest book is The Giant Leap: Why Space is the Next Frontier in the Evolution of Life.

Caleb Scharf

Life Beyond the Pale Blue Dot

Sean Raymond is an American astrophysicist working at the <a href="https://astrophy.u-bordeaux.fr/?lang=en">Bordeaux Astrophysical Laboratory</a> in France. He also writes a blog at the interface of science and fiction (<a href="https://planetplanet.net/">planetplanet.net</a>) and published a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08LFZZWGZ">book of astronomy poems</a>.

Sean Raymond

The Mystery of the Missing Planets

Tim Folger

Why Discovering Martians Could Be Disappointing

Corey S. Powell is the project editor at Nautilus, and the co-founder of OpenMind magazine.

Astronomy

The Search for Eclipses as Perfect as Earth’s

Can “New Horizons” Bring a Crowdsourced Message From Earth to Aliens?

A Visual History of Humanity’s Exploration of Pluto

Life Beyond the Pale Blue Dot

The Mystery of the Missing Planets

Why Discovering Martians Could Be Disappointing

Why Europa Is the Place to Go for Alien Life

The Beckoning of the Ice Worlds

Reading Earth’s Destiny in the “Blood Spatter” Around Other Stars

The Genetics of the Earth and Moon

If You Were a Secret Message, Where in the Human Genome Would You Hide?

Give Thanks to Jupiter, our Little Planet’s Big Protector