Astronomy
Close up of Johannes de Sacrobosco’s astronomy textbook, De Sphaera Mundi (On the Sphere of the World).

Distilled #6: A 17th-Century (Interactive!) Astronomy Textbook

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Helitrim trimming potentiometers on the moon

The Folly of the Martian Back-Up Plan

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An 1822 star map by Alexander Jamieson shows the constellation Telescopium Herschelii, depicted here, ironically, as a refracting telescope.

A Giant of Astronomy

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How to Mine an Asteroid

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Ladies Who Launch

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A Forgotten Star

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A cover for the 1980 Atari 2600 game Space Invaders.

Where Is Everybody?

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Artist illustration of Keplar-10c

Forbidden Planet, Forbidden Chemistry

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Whales in Space

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Spherical space colony

A Future without Limits

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Jovian Trojans

Rocky Road

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