Traveling the Cosmos With Carter Emmart, One Last Time

For nearly three decades he has created mesmerizing planetarium shows at the American Museum of Natural History. But other galaxies await.

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Scientific Dreams in the Balance

Research breakthroughs are often sagas of passion, curiosity and sacrifice. If Trump’s proposed budget cuts for 2026 are enacted, many such journeys may never get started.

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A Century of Human Detritus, Visualized

“Technostuff” built in the last 100 years outweighs all the living matter on Earth.

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A Solstice of the Soul

For his next trick, your cosmic correspondent for the past quarter-century will (try to) retire.

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Two Black Holes are Giving the Cosmos a Fright

The ghosts of stars are up to their usual mischief.

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