The Galactic Inquirer

Galactic and Extragalactic Astronomy

Strange Features on the Far Side of the Moon: A Closer Look at Paracelsus C

More than fifty years ago, Apollo 15 photographed something unusual on the far side of the Moon. In a panoramic photograph taken from lunar orbit, two bright, sharply defined objects stood out from the otherwise subdued landscape on the floor of a crater called Paracelsus C. Today we can take a much closer look.

Using the Earth & Space Reports Video Series as an Educational Resource for Teachers and their Students

Each episode consists of an online presentation by a research scientist, educator, or communicator on some topic in the Earth & space sciences.

Why We Don’t Need to Save the Planet – It’s our Biosphere that Needs Help

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. 

Governance in Outer Space: Future Challenges and Authoritarian Prospects [1]

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?

Contest Prize Winner: Fast Radio Bursts: A Decades Long Puzzle

Abigail Serrano – Andover High School, MA, USA The First Burst When the first fast radio burst, or FRB, was found in 2007 by D.R. Lorimer...

Contest Prize Winner: The Potential of Time Travel Lies in Space

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...

Contest Prize Winner: Artificial Intelligences and Machines (AIs/AMs)as Catalysts for First Contact with Alien Societies

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...

Contest Prize Winner: Interlinked: The Mystery of Quantum Entanglement

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...

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Strange Features on the Far Side of the Moon: A Closer Look at Paracelsus C

More than fifty years ago, Apollo 15 photographed something unusual on the far side of the Moon. In a panoramic photograph taken from lunar orbit, two bright, sharply defined objects stood out from the otherwise subdued landscape on the floor of a crater called Paracelsus C. Today we can take a much closer look.

Using the Earth & Space Reports Video Series as an Educational Resource for Teachers and their Students

Each episode consists of an online presentation by a research scientist, educator, or communicator on some topic in the Earth & space sciences.

Why We Don’t Need to Save the Planet – It’s our Biosphere that Needs Help

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. 

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