Mark Thompson
Good News. Comet Encke Only Threw a Handful of Giant Space Rocks in our Direction
As comets travel along their orbit they dump material along the way. A stream of debris known as the Taurid…
NASA Announces a New Class of Space Missions: Probe Explorers
NASA has sent a whole host of spacecraft across the Solar System and even beyond. They range from crewed ships…
TESS Finds a Triple Star System that Could Fit within Mercury’s Orbit
TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has been on the lookout for alien worlds since 2018. It has just hit…
China Unveils its Lunar Spacesuit
China have a roadmap to sent astronauts to the Moon in 2030 and when they do, they are going with…
What Does a Trip to Mars Do to the Brain?
It’s not long before a conversation about space travel is likely to turn to the impact on the human body.…
Was the Moon Captured?
The general consensus is that Theia crashed into Earth billions of years ago and led to the formation of the…
Stranded Astronauts To Get Their Ride Home
You might remember the story of the two astronauts on board the International Space Station that went for an 8…
Nuclear Detonations Could Deflect Dangerous Asteroids Away from Earth
Before you read the rest of this article know there are no known threats to life on Earth! We shouldn’t…
Unloading Cargo on the Moon
I don’t think it’s something I have ever really thought of! Robotic explorers can travel around the Solar System visiting…
Space Perspective Completes a Test Flight, Sending a Balloon to 30 km
It’s great to see so many private organisations entering the space sector. Space Perspective are another and they have just…