Scott Alan Johnston
Gravitational Wave Observatories Could Detect Primordial Black Holes Speeding Through the Solar System
Cosmologists have long hypothesized that the conditions of the early universe could have caused the formation of black holes not…
Plate Tectonics Might Only Occur on 0.003% of Planets. That Makes Earth Very Special Indeed.
Plate tectonics, oceans, and continents might just be the secret ingredients for complex life on Earth. And if these geological…
Webb is an Amazing Supernova Hunter
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just increased the number of known distant supernovae by tenfold. This rapid expansion…
Carbon is Surprisingly Abundant in an Early Galaxy
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has once again found evidence that the early universe was a far more complex…
Hubble Pauses its Science Again
The Hubble Space Telescope has been shut down temporarily after one of its gyroscopes sent faulty telemetry readings back to…
Fish are Adapting to Weightlessness on the Chinese Space Station
Four zebrafish are alive and well after nearly a month in space aboard China's Tiangong space station. As part of…
NASA is Practicing for the Moon With Partial Space Suits
In just a few short years, NASA hopes to put humans back on the lunar surface. The first moonwalk in…
Do Clashing Galaxies Create Odd Radio Circles?
Within the last five years, astronomers have discovered a new type of astronomical phenomenon that exists on vast scales –…
The Mystery of Cosmic Rays Deepens
Cosmic rays are high-energy particles accelerated to extreme velocities approaching the speed of light. It takes an extremely powerful event…
The Moon Will Get its Own Time Zone
White House officials have directed NASA to begin work on establishing a standard time for the Moon, according to a…