Mark Thompson
Astronomers Build a 3D Map of Dust Within Thousands of Light-Years
If you explore the night sky it won’t be long before you realise there is a lot of dust and…
An AI Simulated Interactions Between Different Kinds of Advanced Civilizations
The possibility for life beyond the Earth has captivated us for hundreds of years. It has been on the mind…
Ingenuity Won’t Fly Again Because It’s Missing a Rotor Blade
Ingenuity has been the first aerial vehicle on another world. NASA announced the end of the Martian helicopter’s life at…
DART Made a Surprisingly Big Impact on Dimorphos
NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission was hailed a success when it collided with its target asteroid Dimorphos last…
China Names its Capsule and Lander for its Upcoming Human Lunar Missions
In a recent announcement, the Chinese Space Agency (CSA) unveiled the names for its forthcoming lunar mission components. The CSA…
Astronomers Discover a New Meteor Shower. The Source is Comet 46P/Wirtanen
Like many of you, I love a good meteor shower. I have fond memories of the Leonid meteor storm back…
The Kuiper Belt is Much Bigger Than We Thought
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is just over 8.8 billion km away, exploring the Kuiper Belt. This icy belt surrounds the…
Finally! Webb Finds a Neutron Star from Supernova 1987A
I can remember seeing images of SN1987A as it developed back in 1987. It was the explosion of a star,…
The Sun Gets Feisty, Throwing Off Three X-Class Flares Within 24 Hours
The Sun is heading toward solar maximum (which is likely to be about a year away) and as it does,…
Finally! Blue Origin’s New Glenn Goes Vertical on the Launch Pad
If you think about space travel and the means of escaping the confines of the Earth then most people, currently,…