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In Other Worlds: A Space Exploration

In Other Worlds: A Space Exploration

Space Is Not a Frontier

August 14, 2020September 10, 2020 - by Sarah Trick

We’ve barely addressed the legacies of colonialism and racism on Earth. Must we now export these things to the stars?

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Illustration of a young woman in a white t-shirt looking at four tarot cards laid out on the table in front of her.
In Other Worlds: A Space Exploration

The Fault, Dear Reader, Is Not in Our Stars

August 12, 2020September 28, 2020 - by Carly Lewis

Mental health care is pricey and inaccessible. Online astrology is rising to take its place

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An illustrated gif of planet Earth against a blue and pink atmosphere. A satellite-mounted spotlight darts around the globe and illuminates pieces of junk suspended in the atmosphere around it.
In Other Worlds: A Space Exploration

Space Junk Is a Bigger Extraterrestrial Threat than Little Green Men

August 11, 2020September 10, 2020 - by Ainslie Cruickshank

And it’s a menace to spacecraft, satellites, and even our modern way of life

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Beadwork of concentric rings of the solar system, with the sun in the center and planets surrounding it.
In Other Worlds: A Space Exploration

Teaching Indigenous Star Stories

August 10, 2020February 12, 2021 - by Kelly Boutsalis

Educators like Wilfred Buck know that astronomy did not, in fact, start with Aristotle and end with Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Illustration of an astronaut in full space gear, surrounding by bright streaks of light that resemble small comets.
In Other Worlds: A Space Exploration / June 2020 / Science

What Astronauts Can Teach Us about Mental Health and Isolation

May 19, 2020September 10, 2020 - by Elizabeth Howell

We’re learning what members of space missions have known for decades: it’s hard to live in a confined space for long periods of time

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A cutout illustration of a rocket ship rising above a large institutional building. The building is perched on a rock outcropping, which emerges from a body of water.
April 2020 / Business / In Other Worlds: A Space Exploration

Can the New Space Race Save Small Towns?

April 6, 2020September 28, 2020 - by Matthew Halliday

The promise of a spaceport could give a boost to a struggling Nova Scotia community

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A celestial nebula composed of a latticework of green beads, with a line of yellow threaded throughout, and small circles outlined with brown and blue beads.
April 2020 / In Other Worlds: A Space Exploration / Visual Art

How One Artist Captures the Night Sky in Beads

April 3, 2020September 10, 2020 - by Pamela Young

The otherworldly beadwork of Margaret Nazon

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