Andy Tomaswick
The Sun Reaches Solar Maximum in 2032. A new NASA Flagship Mission Could Give Us a Perfect View
There are always more space missions than there is money to support them. Ultimately, some make the funding cut, and…
What Role Will NASA Play In Developing ISRU On The Moon?
Space agencies will play a vital role in the developing space economy, especially in the beginning. But what will the…
SLS Could Launch a Sample Return Mission to Phobos and Deimos
NASA's next colossal rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), recently had its first successful flight back in November after years…
Airbus Developed a System To Extract Oxygen and Metal From Lunar Regolith
New technologies utilizing material found in space are constantly popping up, sometimes from smaller companies and sometimes from larger ones.…
It Might Take Space Telescopes to Finally Resolve the Crisis in Cosmology
Gravitational wave (GW) observatories have been a great addition to cosmologists' arsenal in the lack decade. With their first effective…
NASA Has a Plan to Power the Moon
Despite all the hype surrounding the coming of the commercial space age, NASA and other governmental agencies will still play…
Robots in orbit are becoming even more popular. There are still many technical challenges ahead.
Robots will be one of the keys to the expanding in-space economy. As launch costs decrease, hopefully significantly when Starship…
Want to be an asteroid miner? There’s a database for that.
Asteroid mining is slowly but surely coming closer to reality. Many start-ups and governmental agencies alike are getting in on…
An Astronaut Will Be Controlling Several Robots on Earth… from Space
Germany's DLR has been hosting a series of robotic teleoperation experiments where an astronaut abroad the ISS controls a robot…
The Heaviest Neutron Stars Could Have Strange Matter Cores
Physics gets weird at the extremes. Astrophysics usually deals with the extremely large - large energies, large gravities, and lots…