Andy Tomaswick
A Unique Combination of Antennas Could Revolutionize Remote Sensing
Bigger antennas are better, at least according to researchers interested in geospatial monitoring. That's because higher resolution in monitoring applications…
How to SUPPPPRESS Light From a Star That Is Ten Billion Times Brighter Than Its Habitable Exoplanet
Searching for Earth 2.0 has been an obsession of almost all exoplanet hunters since the discipline's dawn a few decades…
The Properties of 1.2 Million Solar System Objects Are Now Contained In A Machine-Readable Database
Academic research on solar system objects has increased dramatically over the last twenty years. However, information on most of the…
Taking a High-Resolution Ultraviolet Image of the Sun’s Corona Will Require VISORS
Sometimes, brainstorming does work. In 2019, America's National Science Foundation (NSF) held the CubeSat Ideas Lab, a shindig that brought…
Having Trouble Traversing the Sands of Mars? A Lizard Robot Might Help
Mars exploration vehicles typically have wheels, allowing them to traverse some challenging terrain on the Red Planet. However, eventually, their…
Floating LEAVES Could Characterize Venus’s Atmosphere
Venus's atmosphere has drawn a lot of attention lately. In particular, the consistent discovery of phosphine in its clouds points…
A Pair of CubeSats Using Ground Penetrating Radar Could Map The Interior of Near Earth Asteroids
Characterizing near-Earths asteroids (NEAs) is critical if we hope to eventually stop one from hitting us. But so far, missions…
Producing Oxygen From Rock Is Harder In Lower Gravities
One of the challenges engineers face when developing technologies for use in space is that of different gravities. Mostly, engineers…
Moon Dust Could Contaminate Lunar Explorers’ Water Supply
Water purification is a big business on Earth. Companies offer everything from desalination to providing just the right pH level…
Lunar Infrastructure Could Be Protected By Autonomously Building A Rock Wall
Lunar exploration equipment at any future lunar base is in danger from debris blasted toward it by subsequent lunar landers.…