Mark Thompson
Perseverance is Definitely Inside an Ancient Lake on Mars
The search for life on alien worlds has captivated us for hundreds of years. In some respect, the search for…
Japan’s SLIM Lander Finds Power Even Though It’s Face Down
The Moon is a bit of a hot bed for exploration of late. The Japanese agency JAXA have been getting…
This is How Astronauts Would Escape from the Artemis II Launch Pad
Space exploration is a tricky and at times, dangerous business. The safety of the crews is of paramount importance and…
There’s Less Dark Matter at the Core of the Milky Way
Science really does keep you on your toes. First there was matter and then there were galaxies. Then those galaxies…
Plants Growing in Space are at Risk from Bacterial Infections
I have spent the last few years thinking, perhaps assuming that astronauts live off dried food, prepackaged and sent from…
Ingenuity Suffers Rotor Damage, Ending the Mission
There have been numerous robotic space missions reach the end of their operating life over the years and for a…
Another Asteroid Discovered Hours Before it Impacts the Earth
What were you doing last Saturday? As it turns out, I was doing something rather unexciting… Trying to fix my…
China Reveals How it’s Planning to Search for Water Ice at the Moon’s South Pole
It’s been a big week for Chinese space exploration. First a successful test flight of Zhuque-3 and this week we…
Chinese Firm Successfully Tests a New Reusable Booster
The sight of a Falcon-9 rocket landing in an upright orientation is not an unusual sight. It seems that the…
It’s Time to Go Back to Uranus. What Questions do Scientists Have About the Ice Giants?
It seems crazy that Uranus was discovered in 1781 yet here we are, in 2024 and we have only sent…