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For Aguilar-Carrasco, nature is a powerful reminder of the interconnectedness of all life.

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How Can National Parks Be Made Accessible to All? AO Wants to Know.

María José Aguilar-Carrasco helps people with disabilities gain access to nature.

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In March 2024, author and poet Christopher Cokinos joined three other artists in a simulated lunar mission named Imagination 1.

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A Poet’s Guide to the Moon and Eclipse

Author Christopher Cokinos can’t get enough of the moon.

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NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador Nadia Abuisnaineh gazes up at the 2023 partial eclipse.

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A Palestinian Woman’s Quest to Share the Eclipse With Her Community

For this NASA ambassador, religion and stargazing go hand in hand.

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Taken at West Lawn Park, near Chicago's Midway International Airport, this photo shows one of the city's many "Astronomer Joe" fan bases.

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‘Astro Joe’ Invites Chicagoans To Gaze at the Night Sky

Self-taught astronomer, Joe Guzman has been educating Chicago residents about space for decades.

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Nicknamed the "Christmas Tree Boat," the evergreen-laden Rouse Simmons disappeared beneath Lake Michigan waters in November 1912.

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The ‘Christmas Tree Boat’ Shipwreck That Devastated 1912 Chicagoans

Marine archaeologists are beginning to understand what really happened to Captain Santa's ill-fated ship.

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Workers carry Fearnow pails full of fish specimens to a United States Fish Commission Pennsylvania "Fish Car."

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Remembering When Fish Rode the Rails

For decades, salmon, catfish, and trout traveled in America's fleet of "Fish Cars."

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