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Our planet’s electronic vulnerability

The Milky Way stretches in a broad arc across a dark, star-filled sky above a mountain range with snow-dusted peaks and green alpine valleys. Bright pink and magenta clouds of glowing gas are visible in the upper left portion of the sky, with patches of dark dust threading through the dense band of stars. A few small structures — including a tiny settlement — are visible at the base of the mountains.

Astrophotography, Features

Capturing the night sky in Kyrgyzstan

A dense web of thin blue-purple filaments spans the entire frame, threading through deep red and maroon voids to converge on a blazing central cluster of orange, yellow, and white gas. Scattered across the field, smaller orange and gold clumps glow at the intersections of the filaments. The overall effect resembles a three-dimensional cosmic spiderweb

Cosmology, Features

Untangling the cosmic web

Telescopes of the Allen Telescope Array sit beneath a starry night sky. The array is designed to listen for signals sent or generated by extraterrestrial life.

Alien Life, Features

Should we keep looking for ET?

Alien Life, Features

The search for aliens levels up

Comets, Features

Halley’s Comet through the ages

Alien Life, Features

Could this telescope find life on alien worlds?

Astrophotography, Features

How to capture the night sky in one shot

Features, Science

Andy Weir on the science of ‘Project Hail Mary’

Features, Science

Star-struck twice

Features, Science, Space Exploration

Top 10 space stories of 2025

Features, Milky Way, Science, Stars

How Gaia revealed the Milky Way