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Acta Cosmica is independent and reader-funded. No paywalls, no ads chasing you around the internet — just careful reporting, paid for by people who value it. Choose the level that's right for you.
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- Everything in Reader
- Members-only features & photo essays
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- Invitations to subscriber events
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Where your money goes
We have no owner to answer to. Every dollar goes toward assignments, travel, photography, and the time it takes to get a story right.
Members keep Acta Cosmica open. Because you pay, a student, a scientist, or a curious reader anywhere can read the same story for free.
Recurring support lets us commit to investigations that take months — the kind of work advertising-funded newsrooms can rarely afford.
We publish where our funding comes from and how it's spent, once a year, in plain language. No fine print.