Project Suncatcher
Some people believe that artificial intelligence, or AI, is an exciting new frontier for science and humanity. Others are concerned about its negative impact on the environment, […]
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Ed Dwight’s Passion for Flight and Art
In 1963, Air Force pilot Ed Dwight hoped to become the first African American in space. Dwight was not chosen, however, to be one of […]
Stuff YOU Should Know
Stone’s Sentencing Scandal Remember Hillary’s emails? Last November, Roger Stone–Trump’s longtime friend and adviser–appeared in federal court for his role with WikiLeaks and Trump’s 2016 […]
Stuff YOU Should Know
Australia Rocked by Mass Shooting It’s all too common here in the United States: a mass shooting that claims the lives of many innocent people […]
Goodbye Cassini
After 20 years in space, and 13 years orbiting Saturn, the Cassini spacecraft’s mission ended dramatically last Friday. Here, btw takes a look at why […]
Eclipse Mania Strikes the U.S.!
In case you haven’t heard, the United States will experience a total solar eclipse on Monday, August 21. How much of it you will see […]
Bidding Farewell to John Glenn
John Glenn, the American astronaut and former senator, died December 8 at age 95. Last weekend, roughly 2,500 mourners–among them, Vice President Joe Biden–gathered at […]
The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Space Coast
In 2011, NASA retired its 30-year-old shuttle program when Atlantis returned from its mission, touching down at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. […]
Home From Space!
Last year, btw brought you news of the launch of the longest-ever consecutive space mission. The two-man mission was made up of Russian Cosmonaut, Mikhail […]
Year in Review: World News
We continue our look back at 2014 with a focus on events that happened around the world. In Ukraine, it was a time of excitement followed […]