Andy Tomaswick
After 63 Days of Silence, NASA Has Restored Communications with the Mars Helicopter
One of the most exciting success stories we've been able to report on repeatedly here at UT is that of…
Next Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors Could Pin Down Dark Matter
Gravitational astronomy is a relatively new discipline that has opened many doors for astronomers to understand how the huge and…
The Mars Sample Return Mission is Starting to Look Expensive
We say it all the time here at UT - getting to space is hard. It's even more hard to…
How Close Can a Planet Get to a Star and Still Be Habitable?
In exoplanetology, the ring around the star is often called the "Goldilocks zone," in reference to the 19th-century fairy tale…
AI Could Help Astronomers Rapidly Generate Hypotheses
Almost anywhere you go on the internet, it seems nearly impossible to escape articles on AI. Even here at UT,…
The Earth’s Rotational Pole has Shifted from All the Groundwater We’ve Pumped Out
Earth is, in many ways, a water world. Around two-thirds of its surface is covered in water, and the oceans…
A New Mission Will Grab Dead Satellites and Push Them Into the Atmosphere to Burn Up
Plenty of news stories have focused on the danger posed by Kessler syndrome. In this condition, space is made inaccessible…
Can We Predict if a System Will Have Giant Planets?
Prediction is one of the hallmarks of scientific endeavors. Scientists pride themselves on being able to predict physical realities based…
Even Though They’re Bigger, Generation 2 Starlinks are Fainter than Gen 1
We've filed plenty of reports here at UT warning about the potential impact of Starlink and similar satellites on the…
Two English Companies are Cooperating to Bring a Novel Antenna Architecture To Space
Technology Readiness Levels (or TRLs) are commonly used in the space industry to determine what level of development a technology…