The Shadows of Our Spacecraft
We can all cast a shadow, but we don't do it often from orbit around alien worlds
Life, Unbounded
Discussion and news about planets, exoplanets, and astrobiology
A Hot Polar Planet
Some exoplanets defy easy explanation, a newly discovered world is no exception
Maximum Alienness
What might make life hard to recognize as life?
Mars and the Waves of Darkening
Be careful what you wish for, the universe can look alive when it's not
Into the Solar Wind
This is what NASA's Parker Solar Probe plans to fly through
The Utter Failure of Fictional Time Travel
An answer to why we’ve not been visited from the future?
Moon Talk
What were the Apollo 11 astronauts and controllers really saying to each other?
350 Posts: From Blue Dots to Black Holes
The Life, Unbounded column reaches a milestone and reflects on seven years of astrobiology, astrophysics and wonderfully crazy stuff
Dust Bowl Mars
As our robotic rovers experience a global storm on Mars it’s an opportunity to reflect on billions of dry, dusty years
The Worst Universe
There's a lot to be learned by exploring pessimistic scientific scenarios
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Adventures in the good science of rock-breaking.
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A Blog About the Weird Wonderfulness of Life on Earth
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