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Astronomy

If the Olympics Were Held in Space

A dispatch from the future of extreme sports.

July 26, 2016

How to Survive Doomsday

The high technology that could help us live through the sun’s inevitable transformation.

Spark of Science: Chiara Mingarelli

How stars and UFOs set one astrophysicist on her path.

April 22, 2016

The Man Who Discovered the Sun’s Puzzling Heat Is Being Forgotten

The extraordinary physical intuition of Hannes Alfvén.

April 1, 2016

The Gravity Wave Hunter

An astrophysicist sits down with Nautilus to discuss cosmology and culture.

March 10, 2016

Why It’s Hard for Black Holes to Get Together

The universe’s greatest sinkholes have no trouble swallowing anything—except themselves.

January 28, 2016