Andy Tomaswick
Mars Had its Own Version of Plate Tectonics
Plate tectonics is not something most people would associate with Mars. In fact, the planet's dead core is one of…
New NASA Report Suggests We Could See Space-Based Power After 2050
Space-based solar power (SBSP) has been in the news recently, with the successful test of a solar power demonstrator in…
One of NASA’s Radio Dishes Can Now Track Space Lasers Too
Beamed communication in space is almost exclusively tracked by one network - NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN) is used to…
The Early Universe Had Small Galaxies with Oversized Black Holes
When doing the marketing for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), NASA and the other telescope contributors liked to point…
What Future Propulsion Technologies Should NASA Invest In?
Researchers consistently complain about how difficult it is to fund breakthrough research. Most funding agencies, especially governmental ones, think funding…
Astronomers Identify 164 Promising Targets for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Planning large astronomical missions is a long process. In some cases, such as the now functional James Webb Space Telescope,…
Parker Solar Probe Skims the Sun on its 18th Flyby
The fasted object ever made by humans has completed another milestone. The Parker Solar Probe recently celebrated the new year…
Solar Electric Propulsion Systems are Just What we Need for Efficient Trips to Mars
There are many different ways to get to Mars, but there are always tradeoffs. Chemical propulsion, proven the most popular,…
The First Launch of ULA’s Vulcan Goes Smoothly, but there’s a Problem with its Lander Payload
Space missions regularly test multiple new technologies in one go. It's very common to have a single mission test out…
Miniaturized Jumping Robots Could Study An Asteroid’s Gravity
Missions focusing on small bodies in the solar system have been coming thick and fast lately. OSIRIS-Rex, Psyche, and Rosetta…