Astronomy
Our Attitude Toward Aliens Proves We Still Think We’re Special
Why we downplay Fermi’s paradox.
Why Can’t We Find Planet Nine?
Astronomers suspect that there’s a large planet hiding out in the distant fringes of the solar system. At a recent workshop, they brainstormed ways to coax it into view.
The Popular Creation Story of Astronomy Is Wrong
The old tale about science versus the church is wide of the mark.
What Astronomers Are Learning From Gaia’s New Milky Way Map
A roundup of some of the most important discoveries gleaned so far from the Gaia space observatory’s new map of the galaxy.
