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Astronomy

Exoplanet Puzzle Cracked by Jazz Musicians

A system of seven Earth-like exoplanets appeared to be unstable. Now their orbits have been rewritten in the music of the spheres.

May 10, 2017

Opening a New Window into the Universe

New technology could bring new insights into the nature of black holes, dark matter, and extrasolar planets.

April 13, 2017

How to Use a Sphere to Talk to Mars

To avoid garbled messages, mathematicians might translate them into geometric form.

April 13, 2017

Do Aliens Have Inalienable Rights?

What ET teaches us about our moral obligations.

April 6, 2017

If You Can’t Find Dark Matter, Look First for a Dark Force

Physicists are rethinking how to use the Large Hadron Collider to search for dark matter.

February 8, 2017

Dark Matter Is Either Like Neptune or Like Vulcan

This isn’t the first time that scientists have wrestled with the unseen.

January 31, 2017

There Is Dust in the Universe, But I Have Never Seen It

A poet finds inspiration in cosmic darkness.

January 24, 2017

Music for the Birth of the Universe

This composer takes inspiration from scientific cosmology and quantum mechanics.

January 24, 2017

Dr. Chiara M. F. Mingarelli

Gravitational-wave Astrophysicist, Caltech and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

January 5, 2017