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At the very beginning of the 1990s, we photographed Earth from a distance of almost 6 billion kilometers. This is the story of how we did it and the significance of that photograph.

The story about how Han Solo has no idea what a parsec is.

With the help of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, we chat about measuring cosmic distances and warm our hearts with trigonometry.

In the 21st century, situation takes a turn for the worse. Civilization is crumbling, the Earth is dying. In 2060, United Nations sends a colony ship - U.N.S. Unity - to a newly discovered planet orbiting Alpha Centauri's primary star.

Among the small group of colonists to leave the ravages of Earth is Prokhor Zakharov, a brilliant scientist desperate to flee the chaos of his motherworld to start anew beneath an alien sky.

This is his story.

Summer has arrived! If you haven't yet decided where to rest your organic hardware, Mercury could be a perfect destination for you.

We're taking a look at some of the interesting things within a 100-light-year radius and also learning a bit about cosmic distances along the way!

In the early 1970s, we sent two spacecraft to explore the gas giants of the Solar System. These were Pioneer 10 and 11.

Our galaxy is packed with hundreds of billions of stars, and yet we haven't organized a galactic census! Where are all those Vulcans, Vogons, and Vorlons?