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Editorial: How to Move Forward on UFO Sightings & Research
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No Longer an Enigma?
It is becoming increasingly apparent that the best path to shaping the public's understanding of this phenomenon is through the gathering and scientific analysis of sensor data. Can NASA, Enigma, and Avi Loeb's Galileo project handle the monumental task?
40 Years Later: The Flaws and Timeless Themes of Carl Sagan's Contact
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Such was Carl Sagan’s star power that, in 1981, he received a $2 million advance from Simon & Schuster to write Contact. Sagan must have had a hell of an agent: at the time it was the largest advance ever given to an author for a book that had not yet been written.
Can Trump’s Golden Dome Stop a Nuke? Probably Not
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The idea that Trump's Golden Dome can protect America from a nuclear attack is science fiction. Researchers are calling the proposed defense system “technically infeasible” and likely to “waste hundreds of billions of dollars on inherently ineffective systems.”
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Editorial: How to Move Forward on UFO Sightings & Research
It is becoming increasingly apparent that the best path to shaping the public's understanding of this phenomenon is through the gathering and scientific analysis of sensor data. Can NASA, Enigma, and Avi Loeb's Galileo project handle the monumental task?
September 16, 2025
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40 Years Later: The Flaws and Timeless Themes of Carl Sagan's Contact
Such was Carl Sagan’s star power that, in 1981, he received a $2 million advance from Simon & Schuster to write Contact. Sagan must have had a hell of an agent: at the time it was the largest advance ever given to an author for a book that had not yet been written.
September 9, 2025
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Can Trump’s Golden Dome Stop a Nuke? Probably Not
The idea that Trump's Golden Dome can protect America from a nuclear attack is science fiction. Researchers are calling the proposed defense system “technically infeasible” and likely to “waste hundreds of billions of dollars on inherently ineffective systems.”
September 2, 2025
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Canada's Artemis II Mission Patch Highlights Indigenous Teachings
Canadian Artemis II astronaut Jeremy Hansen has long worked with Turtle Lodge, a center for Indigenous education and knowledge in Sagkeeng First Nation in Manitoba, on the southern tip of Lake Winnipeg. In collaboration with Anishinaabe artist Henry Guimond, Hansen sought to create Canada’s moon mission patch with inspiration from local indigenous communities. This led to a design that features the seven sacred laws, each of them being represented by a different animal.
August 26, 2025
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Artists & Explorers to Gather in Iceland for 2026 Total Solar Eclipse
On August 12th, 2026, the eclipse’s shadow will carve a charcoal swath across Iceland’s wild Westfjords and Snæfellsnes Peninsula. In the town of Hellissandur, where the Iceland Eclipse 2026 gathering will take place, totality will occur for 2 minutes and 7 seconds, offering one of Iceland’s longest land-viewable solar eclipses.
August 19, 2025
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The Bizarre Tale of the Classic X-Files "I Want to Believe" Poster
In the The X-Files pilot, Scully sees an odd poster on the wall of Fox Mulder’s basement office before she even sees his face. As the show’s popularity skyrocketed in the 1990s, the "I Want to Believe" art became a must-have accessory for fans of the show and true believers alike. With Ryan Coogler rebooting the franchise, perhaps it will adorn the walls of a whole new generation of fans.