We Never Know Exactly Where We’re Going in Outer Space

[View this email in your browser]( November 15, 2020 Dear Nautilus Reader, Why is it so difficult to pinpoint the exact location of things in outer space? That and more, in some of the most popular stories on Nautilus this week. [We Never Know Exactly Where We’re Going in Outer Space]( [By Caleb Scharf]( [In the early 1960s, during the space race, neither American nor Soviet scientists really knew where planets like Mars or Venus were—especially at the accuracy and precision essential for spacecraft navigation.]( [Oceans Channel]( [The “Dying Seas” of the Anthropocene]( [By Antony Adler]( [Declarations that the ocean is dying have become commonplace. We read headlines almost daily telling us that the oceans are choked with plastic, overfished, and rapidly acidifying.]( Discover new, surprising perspectives on how science interacts with all aspects of life—medicine and health, of course—but also politics, art, food, work, technology, and sports. These unforgettable stories, written by the world’s leading thinkers and scholars, will challenge and enrich the way you view the world. [Become a subscriber today!]( [The English Word That Hasn’t Changed in Sound or Meaning in 8,000 Years]( [By Sevindj Nurkiyazova]( [One of my favorite words is lox,” says Gregory Guy, a professor of linguistics at New York University.]( [Quanta Abstractions Channel]( [Physicists Pin Down Nuclear Reaction From Moments After the Big Bang]( [By Thomas Lewton]( [In a secluded laboratory buried under a mountain in Italy, physicists have re-created a nuclear reaction that happened between two and three minutes after the Big Bang.]( [Cosmos Channel]( [Dark Matter Is Our Friend]( [By Joel Primack]( [Particle physics got boring in the late 1970s. Unfortunately for me, that was not long after I had started out as a theoretical particle physicist.]( [Women in Science & Engineering Channel]( [The Problem in the Lab]( [By Mary Ellen Hannibal]( [One of the most memorable images in Picture a Scientist doesn’t appear on screen.]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( [Website]( Copyright © 2020 NautilusNext, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website. Our mailing address is: NautilusNext 25 Broadway 9th FloorNew York, NY 10018 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.