Matthew Williams

Matt Williams is a space journalist, science communicator, and author with several published titles and studies. His work is featured in The Ross 248 Project and Interstellar Travel edited by NASA alumni Les Johnson and Ken Roy. He also hosts the podcast series Stories from Space at ITSP Magazine. He lives in beautiful British Columbia with his wife and family. For more information, check out his website.

Recent Articles

Chang'e-6 Samples Provide an Ancient Record of the Moon's Far Side.

July 28, 2026

The samples returned by the Chang'e-6 mission from the far side of the Moon reveal that the two hemispheres have had rather different experiences when it comes to space weather.
New Research Shows How Clouds Shape the Interiors of sub-Neptunes

July 26, 2026

Scientists at ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration have demonstrated how clouds in a sub-Neptune's atmosphere shape the interior structure of the planet.
UCF Researchers Are Developing Tools to Help Find Habitable Planets

July 26, 2026

Through the Photonics-Enabled Exoplanet Spectroscopic System (PEEPSS) program, researchers are developing a technology that will assist NASA's planned Habitable World's Observatory (HWO).
New Images Reveal the Stunning Properties of the Black Hole at the Center of M87

July 24, 2026

Researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with international collaborators, carried out the first spatially resolved dual-frequency spectral study of the M87 black hole using observations obtained in 2018 with the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) and the Global Millimeter VLBI Array (GMVA).
Hubble Discovers the First "Missing" Black Hole in this Famous Star Cluster

July 24, 2026

Combining over 20 years of archival data from Hubble with new data from the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has found the first of the "missing" black holes.
Researchers Narrow Down the Type of Meteorite that Killed the Dinosaurs

July 20, 2026

An international team of Earth scientists has narrowed down the class of impactor that caused the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. According to their findings, it was a rare type of rock that originated in the outer Solar System.
Astronomers Determine that Exoplanets Around Barnard's Star are Extremely Uninhabitable

July 20, 2026

Scientists have painted the most detailed portrait yet of the planetary system orbiting Barnard’s Star. Unfortunately, the picture is not encouraging, as all four planets appear to be "extremely uninhabitable."
NASA's Perseverance Rover Uncovers Evidence of 4 Billion Year Old Impacts

July 19, 2026

Old rocks exposed on the rim of Jezero Crater preserve a roughly 4-billion-year-old cosmic “weather report” from the solar system’s most dynamic era.
NASA’s Artemis III Lander Test Will be a "Dress Rehearsal" for Returning to the Moon!

July 19, 2026

Before Artemis astronauts land on the Moon’s surface in 2028, NASA will conduct the Artemis III demonstration mission in 2027, allowing teams on Earth and in orbit to practice rendezvous and docking operations between commercial human landing systems and the Orion spacecraft. Data from that mission, along with future uncrewed demonstration missions at the Moon,
Submillimeter Array Catches a Gamma-Ray Burst Thanks to new Fast-Response System

July 18, 2026

The Submillimeter Array's (SMA) new semi-automated alert system demonstrates how the radio interferometer quickly responds to discoveries from space-based telescopes.
Satellite Images of Pengiun Poo Reveal Climate Change's Impact on the Species

July 16, 2026

Researchers utilized 30 years of Landsat satellite imagery to analyze the color and spectral signatures of Adélie penguin guano across Antarctica, marking the first time space-based observations have captured food-web and population dynamics at a continental scale.
A Relativistic Jet Could be an Indication of the 'Missing-Link' for Black Holes

July 14, 2026

Astronomers using the U.S. National Science Foundation Very Large Array (NSF VLA) have detected an extraordinary burst of radio light from a rare cosmic event in which an intermediate-mass black hole tears apart a star, revealing what appears to be the off-axis afterglow of a powerful jet.
Researchers Prove Black Hole Theory in a Laboratory Setting

July 14, 2026

Researchers at the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center have demonstrated a new approach to wave amplification through interaction with rotating bodies. Rather than mechanically rotating matter, however, the team engineered a radio-frequency device with properties modulated in space and time to mimic spinning.
China Successfully Tests Reusable Long March-10B

July 12, 2026

On Friday, July 10th, China achieved a major milestone as its Long March-10B completed a its maiden test flight, which included the retrieval of its first stage booster.
Wally Funk, Aviation Pioneer and Oldest Woman to Travel to Space, Dies at 87

July 11, 2026

Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to launch into space, has died. She was 87.
A Rapidly-Growing Black Hole in a Nearby Galaxy Could Provide a Window Into the Early Universe.

July 11, 2026

The black hole at the centre of a nearby galaxy is growing exceptionally fast, and is producing a burst of radio emission that has never been observed before. With characteristics that are expected in the early Universe, this unique galaxy provides important insights into the processes that governed the growth of the first black holes.
Astronomers Use a Neutron Star Merger to Measure Cosmic Expansion

July 10, 2026

Swinburne University of Technology and CSIRO have combined telescope and gravitational wave data in an attempt to unlock the true value of the Universe's expansion. Existing measurements of the Hubble Constant have split cosmologists for more than a decade.
Ultra-Black Coating Could Mitigate Light Pollution Caused by Satellites

July 09, 2026

Astrophysicists working tirelessly to tackle the growing impact of satellite constellations have pioneered a new ultra-black coating as one possible way to mitigate the problem.
The Milky Way's Arms Reach Out Further Than we Thought

July 08, 2026

A new result using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory shows that the outer spiral arms in the Milky Way galaxy may reach wider than previously thought. This finding may lead astronomers to adjust their understanding of our home galaxy’s structure.
Astronomers Using Chandra Data Produce the Most Detailed View of the M87 Jet in X-rays

July 07, 2026

Combining data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory with advanced image-processing techniques to produce the sharpest X-ray view yet of the relativistic jet from M87's supermassive black hole.