Andy Tomaswick
A Migrating Moon Might Have Turned Uranus Over on its Side
There are plenty of interesting things about Uranus. Its season lasts as long as its day, it's the second least-dense…
India’s Mars Orbiter Mission is Finally out of Fuel After 8 Years of Science Operations
Scientists and engineers seem to have difficulty coming up with estimated mission timelines for their space exploration projects. Most don't…
Thanks to Hayabusa 2’s Samples, Scientists can Track the History of Ryugu Earlier in the History of the Solar System
When Huyabusa2 returned a sample of Ryugu, a Near Earth Asteroid, to Earth in December 2020, it was sure to…
Earthlike Worlds With Oceans and Continents Could be Orbiting red Dwarfs, Detectable by James Webb
"Go then, there are other worlds than these." Or so Stephen King said in his famous Dark Tower series. As…
Construction Begins on the World’s Largest Steerable Radio Telescope
Radio astronomy has been in flux lately. With the permanent loss of the Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico, a new…
How Does NASA Plan to Keep Samples From Mars Safe From Contamination (and Contaminating) Earth?
NASA's Mars Sample Return Mission is inching closer and closer. The overall mission architecture just hit a new milestone when…
China’s Zhurong Rover Looks Deep Underground and Sees Layers From Multiple Floods on Mars
Mars exploration has been ongoing for decades at this point, and some regions of the planet have become more interesting…
Companies Will Have Five Years to Dispose of Their Dead Satellites
Kessler syndrome seems to be a growing fear for those interested in space exploration. The condition where numerous non-functional pieces…
Mars Rocks Have the Right raw Ingredients to 3D Print Everything From Tools to Rocket Parts
3D printing will be an absolutely critical technology as space exploration starts to take off. Initially, it will be impossible…
Solar Orbiter was hit by a Coronal Mass Ejection as it was About to Make a Flyby of Venus
Massive solar storms on the Sun are becoming more common as it moves into a period of increasing solar activity…