Sarah Scoles

Sarah Scoles is a freelance journalist and the author of the books Countdown, Making Contact, They Are Already Here, and Astronomical Mindfulness. She spends a lot of time in a solar-powered cabin in south-central Colorado.

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abandoned ore mill structure with a sign indicating its name, cloverdale mine, colorado

The Ghosts of Cloverdale

How one family preserves a mountain mine’s last chapter.

Sep 19, 2025

dan marrone, a university of arizona astronomy professor, led the event horizon telescope team’s effort to capture the first image of a black hole

How to See a Black Hole

The Event Horizon Telescope has given us the first-ever images of these mysterious phenomena. Next, the James Webb Space Telescope will join this project to better understand their behavior, including their eating habits and how they’ve shaped the cosmos.

Mar 27, 2023

terry gdoutos, principal research scientist in aerospace for the california institute of technology in pasadena

The Ultimate Solar Power Plant

Forget photovoltaic cells on rooftops. A bold project aims to capture the sun’s energy in space and beam it to Earth.

Jun 29, 2022