Tony Reichhardt

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A former news writer for Nature magazine and Senior Editor at Air&Space/Smithsonian, Tony Reichhardt has been writing about space exploration for more than 40 years.

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If life exists on Mars, it’s likely hiding — or maybe sleeping

Mars was warmer and wetter long ago. If anything was alive there, what came next was either a tragedy or a masterclass in survival.

Dirk Schulze-Makuch & Tony Reichhardt

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History & Society

5 sci-fi aliens — and the likelihood they could actually exist

Some sci-fi aliens are wildly implausible. Others aren’t so far-fetched.

Dirk Schulze-Makuch & Tony Reichhardt

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The hunt for alien technosignatures is getting a high-tech upgrade

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile will image the southern sky using the largest digital camera ever built.

Tony Reichhardt & Dirk Schulze-Makuch

Nasa's curiosity rover on mars.

How to get Mars life-detection missions back on track

The case for why NASA should pivot to searching for current — not ancient — signs of life.

Dirk Schulze-Makuch & Tony Reichhardt

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