Northern Lights at a latitude of about 70 degrees north, well within the Arctic Circle. These photos were taken about 30 miles from the town of Alta. (Lisa Braithwaite)In my recent column about The Northern Lights, the Magnetic Field and Life, I explored the science and the beauty of our planet's aurora borealis, one of …
To Understand Habitability, We Need to Return to Venus
This column was written by my colleague, Elizabeth Tasker. Based in Tokyo, she is a scientist and communicator at the Japanese Space Agency JAXA and the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI). Her book, "The Planet Factory," was published last fall. This image shows the night side of Venus in thermal infrared. It is a false-color image …
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