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Whistleblower allegations that the government possesses UFOs may not be backed up by public physical evidence, but some…
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A new survey catalogs Americans’ expectations about the future of space, from NASA to SpaceX. Two space policy experts…
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Fighting misinformation doesn’t have to involve restricting content or dampening people’s enthusiasm for sharing it.…
If an astronaut were to die on Mars, neither cremation nor burial would be good options.