cosmos
What We Know About the Baton Rouge Police Shooter
Gavin Eugene Long, also known as "Cosmo," was a former US Marine connected to a fringe political movement.
The Milky Way Is Now Invisible to One Third of Humanity
A global atlas finds that light pollution is obscuring our view of the cosmos.
Black Hole Rain Is Like Normal Rain, Only Light-Years in Scale
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter Array have identified an awesome new form of cosmic weather.
In Long-Lost Radio Interview, Carl Sagan Talks Aliens and Religion
“We’re in the galactic boondocks.”
The People Who Believe Electricity Rules the Universe
"Electric universe" theory is at odds with everything modern science has determined about the universe. Yet something about it sparks fervor in the hearts of believers.
I Went on a 'Sex and the City' Tour of a Bizarro Version of New York City
Welcome to a strange world where cocktails are $30 and people call the Meatpacking District "MePa."
How NASA Developed the Psychedelic Blueprints for the First Cities in Space
Forty years ago, the first serious blueprint for building cities in space was drawn almost on a whim. The artists NASA hired ended up making something that looks like 2001: A Space Odyssey on ayahuasca.
[Exclusive] These Cosmic Landscape Photos Were Created Without a Camera
There are no stars in Vanessa Marsh's space snapshots.
‘No Bigger Question’: Yuri Milner Has Launched a Search for Aliens With Stephen Hawking at His Side
Milner, the Russian tycoon, has pledged $100 million for the search. But Hawking warned that we should be cautious if we do find anyone, since sophisticated aliens "may not see us as any more valuable than we see bacteria.”
Imagine Infinity in Mariko Mori's New Sculpture Exhibition
'Cyclicscape' at Sean Kelly continues the artist's investigation into the endless.
Star Trails and Cellular X-Rays Usher in the Year of Light
NASA curated beautiful photos from every corner of light science to celebrate the year-long celebration of light.
Skip Traffic, Traverse Space and Time in a Roadside Mini-Universe
For one night in November, Loop.pH's inflatable recreation of the cosmos bloomed beneath the A13 flyover in England.