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Nautilus

Matthew R. Francis is a science journalist, physicist, and wearer of jaunty hats. In today’s chaotic social media landscape, he is most reliably tracked using <a href="https://bowlerhatscience.org/contact-social-media/">his website</a>.

Matthew R. Francis

Astronomy

The Inside of a Neutron Star Looks Spookily Familiar

Summer Ash

This Is Why It’s Hard to Recognize a Black Hole

Alan Lightman earned his Ph.D. in physics from the California Institute of Technology and is the author of seven novels, including the international best seller Einstein’s Dreams. His nonfiction includes The Accidental Universe, and most recently, The Miraculous from the Material. He is currently a professor of the practice of the humanities at MIT. He is the host of the public television series Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science.

Alan Lightman

Is Life Special Just Because It’s Rare?

Jeremy Hsu

The Galaxy That Got Too Big

Brian Gallagher is an associate editor at Nautilus. Follow him on X (formerly known as Twitter) <a href="https://twitter.com/bsgallagher/" rel="noopener">@bsgallagher</a>.

Brian Gallagher

This Man Was Accused of Trying to Pull Earth Out of Its Orbit

Emily Lakdawalla

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.

Corey S. Powell

Why Europa Is the Place to Go for Alien Life