Mark Thompson
Using Jupiter as a Dark Matter Detector
The nature of dark matter has been a hotly debated topic for decades. If it’s a heavy, slow moving particle…
Other Liquids Could Be Forming Minerals on Mars
Most people will think of a dry arid landscape when they think of Mars. When seen from orbit, dry river…
Jared Isaacman is Trump’s Choice for NASA Administrator
As a new President of the United States is elected, the NASA administrator role is usually reviewed. With the election…
Just Built a Giant, Next Generation Planet Hunting Space Telescope? Here’s Where to Point It
You know what it’s like. You get a new telescope and need to know where to point it! The bigger…
The Early Earth Wasn’t Completely Terrible
Earth formed 4.54 billion years ago. The first period of the history of the Earth was known as the Hadean…
Globular Clusters Evolve in Interesting Ways Over Time
Globular clusters are among the oldest objects in the Universe. The early Universe was filled with dwarf galaxies and its…
Euclid Could Find 170,000 Strong Gravitational Lenses
Gravitational lensing is a concept where dark matter distorts space revealing its presence through its interaction with light. ESA’s Euclid…
Uranus’s Wobbling Moons Could Point to Oceans Under the Ice
Subsurface oceans of liquid water are a common feature of the moon’s of Jupiter and Saturn. Researchers are exploring whether…
Magnetic Tornado is Stirring up the Haze at Jupiter’s Poles
Jupiter is a stunning planet to observe. Whether it be visible light or any other wavelength. In a stunning new…
Is There Seismic Activity on Venus? Here’s How We Could Find Out
Venus is often referred to as Earths twin but size and mass are the only similarities. A visitor to one…