By now, you have probably read or heard that our polluting ways have reached a critical point, where Earth is rapidly approaching total failure as a planet. Perhaps you have wondered how we humans could have managed to do so much damage in so little time.
Permanent settlements in space will require forms of localized government that are likely to differ from contemporary models of political order. This article thus asks a provocative question associated with the empirical record of human colonization and settlement in prior eras: What sort of authoritarian governance is most likely to form in human space settlements during the medium term?
Monica Tavarez Frias -- Saint Patrick School of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Introduction
What if the key to time travel isn’t hidden within the depths of...
Martina Guja Zagonel – Liceo Scientifico Bonaventura Cavalieri, Verbania, Italy
Introduction
With recent advancements and ongoing progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI), it's conceivable that in the...
Sebastian Sousa -- St. Patrick’s School of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Introduction
Have you ever experienced an eerie coincidence? Thinking of someone just as they call...
Milena Niemczyk -- 1st Nicolaus Copernicus Secondary School, Bielsko-Biata, Poland
Introduction
Our eyes have always been directed towards the night sky. The inventions of the telescope and...
Marcus Mount -- Deer Valley High School, Antioch, CA, USA
When we think about it, space exploration is arguably humanity’s most exciting and monumental work. We...
By now, you have probably read or heard that our polluting ways have reached a critical point, where Earth is rapidly approaching total failure as a planet. Perhaps you have wondered how we humans could have managed to do so much damage in so little time.
Permanent settlements in space will require forms of localized government that are likely to differ from contemporary models of political order. This article thus asks a provocative question associated with the empirical record of human colonization and settlement in prior eras: What sort of authoritarian governance is most likely to form in human space settlements during the medium term?
Earth sits right in the Goldilocks zone. Venus, only a little closer to the sun, has a surface hot enough to melt lead, and Mars is cold enough to have dry ice -- C02 -- at its poles. What can the atmospheres of these three planets tell us about the future of our climate?
There are definite interrelations between the spacings of the planets – they are much more than giant rocks randomly flying through space. There is order and a scheme, a cosmic dance of the planets as some romantics like to say.
Africa’s astronomical debut has come at an opportune time, as a multitude of facilities and projects have taken root across the continent in the service of astronomical questing.
