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How Gaia Mapped The Milky Way

On Gaia, the Tabula Rogeriana, and how we are building the first true map of our galaxy.

1d ago

How Gaia Mapped The Milky Way

1d ago

Why Did The Athenians Kill Socrates?

On the life and death of Socrates

Jul 9

Why Did The Athenians Kill Socrates?

Jul 9

The Awesome Pictures From The World’s Largest Digital Camera

The largest digital camera on Earth can be found on top of a remote mountain in the heart of Chile. It forms the centrepiece of the Vera…

Jul 4

The Awesome Pictures From The World’s Largest Digital Camera

Jul 4

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How Math Proved Zeno Wrong, and How Physics Later Proved Him Right

Why Zeno’s absurd paradoxes sparked two thousand years of debate

Jul 1

How Math Proved Zeno Wrong, and How Physics Later Proved Him Right

Jul 1

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Why Sending Humans to Venus Is Not as Mad as It Sounds

We really could explore at least part of the Earth’s evil twin

May 27

Why Sending Humans to Venus Is Not as Mad as It Sounds

May 27

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Just How Big — And How Bad — Can a Solar Flare Get?

In the year 774 AD an enormous solar flare smashed into the Earth. What will happen the next time one comes for us?

May 21

Just How Big — And How Bad — Can a Solar Flare Get?

May 21

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Hubble At 35: The Story of the Space Telescope That Cheated Death — and Redefined the Universe

On the world’s greatest space observatory

May 13

Hubble At 35: The Story of the Space Telescope That Cheated Death — and Redefined the Universe

May 13

No, The James Webb Hasn’t Found Alien Life on a Distant Planet

Why you shouldn’t believe the hype about this “discovery” of alien life

May 12

No, The James Webb Hasn’t Found Alien Life on a Distant Planet

May 12

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How The Greeks Invented The Cosmos

On the philosophy of unity, flux, and fire

Apr 23

How The Greeks Invented The Cosmos

Apr 23

Alastair Williams

Alastair Williams

Exploring the relationship between humanity and science | Physicist | Space Mission Engineer | Subscribe at www.thequantumcat.space/ |

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