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An illustration: An assortment of spaceships engaged in heated battle around an orbiting space station.
Original Fiction
space exploration

Cutting Corners

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Artist's diagram of the solar system; this representation is intentionally fanciful, as the planets are depicted far closer together than they really are.
Featured Essays
aliens

One More Reason the Aliens Might Be Avoiding Us

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Woman in the Moon (1929)
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Science Fiction Film Club

Woman in the Moon: Climb Aboard a Rocket and Launch Sci Fi Cinema into Space!

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Artist's conception of a pulsed nuclear fission propulsion system from Project Orion
Books
Seeds of Story

Not in My Atmosphere! — The Pitfalls of Project Orion

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Saturn and its rings
Featured Essays
aliens

Where to Look for Evidence of Alien Visitors to Our Solar System

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Detail from the cover of A City on Mars by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
Books
Seeds of Story

Radioactive Wastelands and Also Legal Wrangling: Kelly and Zach Weinersmith’s A City on Mars

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This artist’s concept shows what a gas giant orbiting Alpha Centauri A could look like.
Featured Essays
astronomy

Bad News From Alpha Centauri A…

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Anamaria Marinca as Rosa Dasque and Karolina Wydra as Katya Petrovna in Europa Report
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Science Fiction Film Club

Europa Report: Stress and Sincerity in Space Exploration

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Artist's concept of a planet orbiting a red dwarf star
Books
space

Checking in on Our Old Friend, Barnard’s Star

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Detail from the cover of Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Books
Science Fiction

Five Stories About Being Stranded on an Alien Planet

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Detail from the gold record included on the Voyager space probes
Featured Essays
aliens

Notes on Remote Sensing: How to Spot Aliens at a Distance

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Detail from an illustration of "55 Cancri e" from the NASA Exoplanets Exploration Program's Exoplanet Travel Bureau
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Science Fiction

The Treacherous Business of Naming Stars in SF

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