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A technique inspired by the film Interstellar suggests a new way of communicating backwards in time, but it could help ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Regina Barber and Nell Greenfieldboyce about the Artemis moon missions, the "seismic quiet" during a solar eclipse, and the origins of a mysterious interstellar visitor.

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