Space

SpaceX doesn’t have the capability yet. In this plan, they are depending on a spacecraft which will have its first flight in 2018, the Dragon 2. That’s because they need to be able to do a re-entry…

SpaceX doesn’t have the capability yet. In this plan, they are depending on a spacecraft which will have its first flight in 2018, the Dragon 2. That’s because they need to be able to do a re-entry…

Ethan Siegel has just written an article, "The Science Has Spoken: Pluto Will Never Be A Planet Again", so this is a response to it. I'll argue that far from "story over", actually we could make a…

Yes it would be an exciting day when the first human steps on the surface of Mars, and a matter of prestige for those concerned. This is something I have read about since a child, and would be as…

Picture this - an astronaut has just found life on Mars. How do you think it happens? I expect most of us will answer "Found a fossil" as in the painting by Pat Rawlings used as the cover for my new…

If Humans Touch Mars Will It Be Another Tale Of Human Missteps Like Lascaux? Copyright © Robert Walker (UK). All rights reserved. Cover picture shows First published on December 2016. You can…

Vera Rubin who helped to discover one of the greatest mysteries of nature has died.    She was the mother of astronomical dark matter investigation.  I won't write about her…

We love to touch things. If you put a sculpture in an art gallery and say "please touch" you can guarantee that both children and adults will touch it. So it's natural that we want to touch other…

This is something you hear said so often - that we risk being hit by an asteroid that could make humans extinct. But do we really? This is the article I’m commenting on, a recently breaking news…

I had previously discussed the amplitude of the ~0.88-day signal of Boyajian's star (or KIC 8462852.) If you look at the amplitude series alongside gradual dimming of the star throughout the…