cosmos
The Search for Starivores, Intelligent Life that Could Eat the Sun
Why philosophers and scientists believe that hyper-advanced, star-eating life forms may actually exist—and that astronomers might already have the proof.
How Long Would It Take to Colonize the Universe?
How intelligent life may come to saturate, and even shape, the cosmos.
How Aboriginal Australians Saw the Stars
First Australians tracked and predicted interstellar movements in highly sophisticated ways, looking up at the night with eyes intriguingly different to our own.
The Battle for New York: Cash, Corporations, and Soccer
Three massive corporations are battling to control soccer in New York City, but will the spoils be worth much of anything to the victor?
The Demystification of Venus
Forty-four years today, Venera 7 shattered the millennia-old illusion of Venus as a heavenly paradise. Good: paradises are dumb.
What Alien Civilizations We've Never Met Can Teach Us About Saving the Earth
New findings about the astrobiology in the cosmos may hold key insights to building a sustainable civilization here on Earth.
Gravitational Waves Can Play Stars Like an Instrument
The effect, to quote astronomer Barry McKernan, is like “a piano on steroids.”
Take An Inside Look At The Stellar VFX Of 'Cosmos'
Turns out, all the stardust in the 'Cosmos' reboot was made by the stellar computer graphics artists at BUF.
Mark Fanciulli’s Latest EP Will Take You Straight To the Cosmos
Stream the rocking new release from the tech-house royalty.
Dear Extraterrestrials: Sincerely, Earth.
A follow-up to the Voyager Golden Record project launched by Carl Sagan in 1977, Jon Lomberg's crowdsourced New Horizons message seeks to ship a message to the stars— from all of us.
Planetary Panorama Offers 360° View Of The Starry Cosmos
Vincent Brady made this amazing space timelapse "On the cold, dark, sleepless nights under awe-spiring skies."