Popular Science USA – July-August 2019

text and infographic by Sara Chodosh pale blue dots in a haystack DATASCOPE 22 FALL 2019 • POPSCI.COM 1 Confirmed planets Orbiti ...

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30 by Rob Verger / photograph by Brian Klutch IN THE 58 YEARS SINCE ALAN Shepard became the first American to or- bit Earth, NAS ...

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STARTER KIT DESPITE GRAVITY’S EFFORTS TO KEEP HUMANS GROUNDED, the lure of exploring and conquering massive walls draws climbers ...

POPSCI.COM • FALL 2019 33 STARTER KIT OCEANS COVER ROUGHLY 70 PERCENT OF THE PLANET, AND that water teems with life. Exploring t ...

ESSENTIALS THE FIRST AMERICANS IN SPACE SQUIRTED THEIR MEALS OUT of tubes. Their successors on the Apollo missions enjoyed somew ...

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by Stan Horaczek / photograph by Brian Klutch 1 2 3 GOODS A SHARP PAIR OF EYES CAN PROBABLY SPOT SOMETHING AS wee as a parameciu ...

DID YOU KNOW EMBERS FROM AN UNATTENDED BACKYARD BONFIRE CAN SPARK A WILDFIRE? SPARK A CHANGE, NOT A WILDFIRE. ARTWORK MADE OF WI ...

38 FALL 2019 • POPSCI.COM by Stan Horaczek / photograph by Brian Klutch 3 20x Cheap lenses refract light un- evenly, shrouding e ...

by Stan Horaczek / photograph by Brian Klutch POPSCI.COM • FALL 2019 39 3 156x The challenge of amateur astron- omy is knowing w ...

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POPSCI.COM•FALL 2019 41 CHOICE 4 Stickers Create your own other- worldly constellations or map the heavens with Glow Stars Super ...