NASA’s Stunning New Photograph of the Milky Way Is a Cosmic Masterpiece 20 Years in the Making

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NASA’s Stunning New Photograph of the Milky Way Is a Cosmic Masterpiece 20 Years in the Making

The composite image offers a startling look into a violent event.

By Sarah Cascone, Jun 4, 2021

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Can Artists Make Contact With Aliens? Should They? An Institute Dedicated to Finding Life Beyond Planet Earth Is Asking Them for Help

Organized with the European Artificial Intelligence Lab, a new two-part residency will conclude at the annual Ars Electronica festival in Austria.

By Sarah Cascone, May 12, 2021

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Christie’s Is Selling a Bottle of Wine That Spent 14 Months on the International Space Station. The Price Is Out of This World

The bottle of “space-aged” wine comes with a custom trunk and a meteorite corkscrew.

By Taylor Dafoe, May 6, 2021

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Even Street Artists Don’t Like Seeing Their Work Tagged. Now, Chemists Have Developed New Methods to Clean Murals of Graffiti

The chemistry is complicated, but the resulting product is easy to use and could revolutionize the field of street art restoration.

By Sarah Cascone, Apr 21, 2021

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Astronomers Have Captured the Most Detailed Photo of a Black Hole Ever—See the Magnetic Fields That Power It Here

The new image was taken two years after the same astronomers captured the first photo of a black hole.

By Sarah Cascone, Mar 31, 2021

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This Mysterious Ancient Greek Device May Be the First Computer. Now Scientists Have Just Taken a Big Step Towards Making It Work

The Antikythera Mechanism has been recreated in a computer simulation—yet enigmas still remain.

By Sarah Cascone, Mar 15, 2021

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In an Astounding New Book, a Neuroscientist Reveals the Profound Real-World Benefits Art Has on Our Brains

Neuroscientist Pierre Lemarquis explains how we need "medicine that’s a little artistic."

By Devorah Lauter, Mar 1, 2021

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Most People Can’t Tell the Difference Between Art Made by Humans and by AI, a Rather Concerning New Study Says

The study was inspired by news of an AI-generated artwork selling at auction for $432,500.

By Brian Boucher, Feb 24, 2021

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Meet the Performance Artist Who’s Using Data From the Mars Rover to Help NASA Figure Out If There Is Life on the Red Planet

Sara Schnadt is a key player in NASA's latest mission. Her journey started in an unlikely place.

By Brian Boucher, Feb 22, 2021

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This Artist Wanted to Teach Aliens About Life on Earth. So, She Teamed Up With NASA Scientists to Send an Artwork Into Outer Space

Julia Christensen partnered with scientists and engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

By Brian Boucher, Dec 8, 2020

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An Underwater Sculpture Park Coming to Miami Beach Is a Stark Warning About What Climate Change May Bring

The underwater sculptures will form a kind of reef to help regrow damaged coral.

By Brian Boucher, Nov 23, 2020

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Scientists Claim This New Paint Is the Whitest White Ever Made—and It Could It Help Combat Global Warming

The acrylic paint reflects 95.5 percent of sunlight.

By Sarah Cascone, Oct 27, 2020

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An AI Algorithm Developed at MIT Can Spot Similarities Between Artworks Made in Vastly Different Periods of Art History

The MosAIc algorithm compares artworks from the collections of the Rijksmuseum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

By Sarah Cascone, Aug 6, 2020