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Nonfiction Expository

Three Most Habitable Moons

Amélie / April 28, 2021 / 3 Replies

Is there life elsewhere? This is a question NASA is actively working to answer within our Solar System, and while Mars or even Venus are interesting options, there also exist three moons - Titan, Europa, and Enceladus - that scientists have turned to in their search. While they all look relatively promising, which one do you think we should send...

Personal Story

Discovering Space

Amélie / January 8, 2021

I first developed an interest in space around middle school, and it wasn’t because I thought black holes were mysterious or that supernovae were spectacular – I didn’t really know what those were. Neither was it that I’d become drawn to planetary characteristics, or that I was in awe of the Big Bang. It started with something quite simpler: the...

Nonfiction Expository

Capturing the International Space Station

Walker / December 7, 2020

The International Space Station is one of the hardest things to take a photo of from the ground. Here is how I was able to successfully capture the station in detail.

Astronomy, ISS, Photography, Spaceflight

Nonfiction Opinion

Next Stop: Venus or Mars?

Amélie / December 1, 2020 / 1 Reply

Venus has largely been overlooked for space missions in the past few decades, vastly overshadowed by our opposite neighbor, Mars. As I wrote in my last blog, we look to Mars “with bright eyes.” We’re searching for life, and until fairly recently, Mars was the most obvious candidate. Once a planet with flowing water, Mars may harbor the remains of...

Poems

Mars

Amélie / October 17, 2020

After completing the Western Aerospace Scholars summer residency, where we designed a mission to Mars, I couldn't help but follow up my poem on Exoplanets with one on Mars. A large portion of the public finds it easier to connect to Mars than to almost any other planet, both due to its proximity to Earth, and as a planet with...

Poems

Exoplanets

Amélie / September 14, 2020

I've loved learning about exoplanets over the past few years, and here is a short poem I wrote trying to briefly capture my thoughts towards them. A good follow up to this poem is one I wrote on Mars, so feel free to check that one out once you've finished this one! A world of diamonds with a greyish hue,...

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