Treading the tightrope of mainstream science journalism
Writing about science particularly complex cutting edge research, is like a ‘tight rope’.
Space
A busy week for a space reporter
A selection of space science stories from a busy week in the world of space science.
Astronomy project: Studying Jellyfish Galaxies
Astronomers are urging people to use their pattern matching skills to spot jellyfish galaxies in images from a universe simulation.
SpaceX on the edge of a ‘de-facto’ orbital monopoly, warns Arianespace
SpaceX may end up with a de-facto monopoly in low Earth orbit as a result of being first and limit space.
Episode 5: A Trip back to the Moon
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This week on A Trip to Space we go back to the Moon, find salt on Mars and a past Utopia
Virgin Galactic reach space from New Mexico for the first time
Virgin Galactic travels into space again ahead of rollout of commercial operations
Episode 4: A Trip to the Sun
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The latest episode of a Trip to Space podcast explores our friendly neighbourhood star.
Episode 3: A Trip to Mars
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Exploring the latest evidence for life on Mars and how we might find it.
Episode 2: A Trip to Venus
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In the second episode of the ‘A Trip to Space’ podcast I look at a…
Episode 1: Interview with Ed Gibson
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NASA astronaut Ed Gibson went to space in 1973 as part of the Skylab 4 mission, the final crew to visit the only fully-US operated space station. He was the last person out the door.