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Ask Abby (Or Analise): No more silver springs — how to let go and move on from your ex

Analise Bruno March 30, 2025
Enter the half-joke, half-serious concept of “silver springing” someone. It’s the idea that you and all the love you bring with you are unforgettable — like a ghost that will eternally haunt them.
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

The good and the ugly of space tourism | Data Driven

Sarah Datta March 17, 2025
I don’t think that 50 years ago we could have imagined going to space simply for recreation, and as more and more space tourism companies pop up, hopefully it continues to drive down prices, increase advancements in aeronautics and make these ventures more possible for the everyman. 
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How to make your dorm feel like home

Grace Knoop September 7, 2021
Something that helped me during my first semester on campus was creating a homey space.
brain-shaped wires

BU event showcases SoundSpaces: a system adding audio-visual navigation to artificial intelligence

Connor Allen April 15, 2021
Researcher Kristen Grauman presented a new audio-centered AI platform to the BU community Monday.
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New arts nonprofit launched to run programming for upcoming Kendall Square arts venue

Ilana Keusch March 31, 2021
The nonprofit 585 Arts was launched to run programming for the upcoming Kendall Square arts venue.
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I Call Foul Play: Earth should come before Mars

Luca Becker March 5, 2021
Musk and Bezos, with their wealth and influence, have the power to be major players in humanity’s fight against climate change. They should use their resources for good rather than to tackle the next frontier.
The Astronomy Department in CAS. Philip Muirhead, a BU astronomy professor, is leading a team that is assembling a list of red dwarf stars for NASA's latest satellite, TESS, to explore. PHOTO BY ANDRES PICON/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU team joins NASA in the search for earth-like planets

Lillian Ilsley-Greene April 18, 2018
This week, NASA will launch its Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), the mission of which, aided by a group of Boston University professors and students, is to locate Earth-like exoplanets.
KASTRITIS: The postponed frontier

KASTRITIS: The postponed frontier

Elias Kastritis September 19, 2016

The stuff of classic science fiction tales -- daring space exploration of exotic planets, bizarre intergalactic alien empires, faster-than-light travel through the seemingly infinite cosmos -- it’s all...

Boston University researchers found that astronomical jets driven by the sun control the heliosphere, which could affect space travel. PHOTO FROM WIKIMEDIA

BU researcher proposes new view of heliosphere

Keri McAlpine February 25, 2015

Researchers from Boston University and the University of Maryland published a study Thursday that offers an alternative view of the heliosphere, the area between the sun and outside the solar system,...

NASA astronaut Terry Virts, Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti arrived at the International Space Station last week. PHOTO COURTESY OF NASA.GOV

BU professors weigh in on ISS, future space travel

Madeleine O’Keefe December 4, 2014

From classic V-2 rockets to winged shuttles, human transport from Earth to beyond is light years ahead of where it once was. And with the Boston Museum of Science premiering a new planetarium show on...

PHOTO BY MIKE DESOCIO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

RYAN: Full Moon, Empty Budget

Sara Ryan September 25, 2014

A wise Instagram bio once said, “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” Today, we’ll be heading into our solar system for a discussion of how the U.S. government doles...

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an X1.6 class solar flare flash in the middle of the sun on Sept 10. PHOTO COURTESY OF NASA/SDO

Recent solar storm signals mass increase in sun’s activity

Becca DeGregorio September 25, 2014

A healthy distance of approximately 150 million kilometers separates the Sun and Earth, according to Universe Today. For the two intergalactic spheres, this gap provides just enough coziness. But certain...

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