Andy Tomaswick
India Plans to Send Humans to the Moon by 2040
The Indian space program has been on a bit of a tear lately. Chadrayaan-3 was just the latest successful for…
There are 14,000 Near Earth Asteroids Left to Find
Everyone likes a cool infographic, right? Does that statement hold even if the infographic points out a gap in our…
A Machine Learning Algorithm Finds its First Supernova
Plenty of recent mainstream news articles have touted AI's ability to assist in the process of scientific discovery. But most…
Imagine What Life Would be Like on a Giant Rotating Space Station
Inspiration can come in all forms, but one of the best ways to convey ideas and get people excited about…
Mercury is Still Shrinking
Mercury is considered a scorching, barren landscape that would literally melt your face off if you were standing on it…
What Would It Take to See Exoplanet Volcanoes?
Even with the clearest image from the best telescope in the world, astronomers still won't know what they're looking at.…
Want to Explore Neptune? Use Triton’s Atmosphere to Put on the Brakes
Aerobraking is commonly used to slow down spacecraft when they arrive at various planetary systems. It requires a spacecraft to…
A Flock of CubeSats Will Use Wings to Maneuver at the Edge of Space
CubeSats are taking on more and more responsibility for remote monitoring of the Earth. As they become more ubiquitous, they…
Future Moon and Mars Rovers Have a New Sandbox to Learn in
In-situ testing for space equipment is complex when it has to be developed on Earth, which is the case for…
Could Modified Gravity Be the Answer to Planet 9?
As students advance to higher and higher physics courses, they eventually learn that the simple Newtonian dynamics they learned about…