As science journalists, we hope to share not only empirical truth, but also beauty: the beauty of scientific discoveries and the beauty of the vast unknown. Practically nothing is as vast and as unknown as space. Like Astrophysics student Charlotte Kadifa, depicted on the cover observing the alignment of planets through a telescope, students are entranced by the possibilities of space exploration. But through the stories like "Astronomical Ambitions," profiling the leadership of Stanford's multidisciplinary student space group, "Starman," about a Paly alumnus capturing the night sky in photos, and "Galactic Garbage," a feature on solutions to the very real problem of space debris, we hope you can achieve exploration without ever leaving the ground.
