X-ray light from a cluster of more than a thousand galaxies has just forced astrophysicists to rewrite a central chapter in the story of how the universe builds its elements. Studies of data from Japan’s Hitomi telescope have found that the standard theoretical models describing what massive stars forge in their dying moments may be […]

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Cosmic imagery triggers the same nervous-system response in everyone, but only some people experience it as relief. The psychology of awe suggests those who find the Pillars of Creation comforting are doing work most of us spend our lives avoiding.

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Most of the culture talks about letting go as if it’s primarily a sad thing. The children move out. The career winds down. The body slows. The friends start disappearing. The story goes that aging is a long subtraction and letting go is the only decent response to it. That’s not what I see in […]

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