Andy Tomaswick
Despite the low air Pressure, Wind Turbines Might Actually Work on Mars
Mars might not be the first place you would think of when thinking about where wind power might be useful.…
NASA Makes Asteroid Defense a Priority, Moving its NEO Surveyor Mission Into the Development Phase
There's an old adage in the engineering field - what gets funded gets built. So it's sure to be a…
Lightweight Picogram-Scale Probes Could be the Best way to Explore Other Star Systems
Inspiration for space exploration can come from all corners. One of the most inspiring, or terrifying, sources of inspiration for…
Could Space-based Satellites Power Remote Mines?
Many space-based technologies are still looking for their "killer app" - the thing that they do better than anything else…
A Supercomputer Climate Model is so Accurate it Predicted the Weather Patterns Seen in the Famous 1972 “Blue Marble” Image of Earth
The "Blue Marble" was one of the most iconic pictures of the Apollo era. Taken by the astronauts of Apollo…
This Interactive Tool Lets you Simulate Asteroid Impacts Anywhere on Earth
Asteroid impacts rank highest on the UN's list of potentially species-ending calamities. They've been the subject of countless movies and…
Will This be the Iconic Picture From Artemis I?
There's an argument to be made that some astronomical pictures are better inspirational tools than all of the science that…
Perseverance’s Latest Sample is Just Crumbled Regolith. When Scientists get Their Hands on it, we’ll Learn so Much About how to Live on Mars
The Mars Sample Return (MSR) part of Perseverance's mission is picking up - literally. For the past few months, the…
We Could Simulate Living in Lunar Lava Tubes in Caves on Earth
Simulation is key to space exploration. Scientists and engineers test as many scenarios as possible before subjecting their projects to…
If Dark Matter is Made of Axions, This Could be the Detector That Finds Them
As we've noted in plenty of other articles, science also moves forward by constraints. Understanding the limits of a physical…