Space education plays an important role in affecting how humanity engages with the cosmos. There are many ways to teach people about space – through…
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Tag: the Solar System
Why do you study exoplanets?
We live in a fascinating era in terms of astronomical knowledge. We now know with certainty that many other stars besides our own Sun have…
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How big a deal is forward contamination of other planets?
Forward contamination, meaning infecting other parts of the Solar System with life from Earth – how big a deal is it? Science fiction has long…
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What is it like studying faraway worlds like Titan?
Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is unique in many ways. It is the only moon in our Solar System known to have a thick atmosphere. Other…
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What will happen to our Solar System after the Sun dies?
When the Sun dies, it will become what we call a white dwarf. White dwarfs are small and incredibly dense – a teaspoon of white…
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Deflecting Existential Risk with Space Colonization
The first living organism on Earth emerged approximately three and a half billion years ago. Since then, life has evolved into countless forms and colonized…
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Our Sun: The Closest of Stars
The Sun is our immediate connection to the cosmos. Its light illuminates our world. Its energy fuels most life as we know it. It is…
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