Filling Space: Democratizing Engagement with Space

Cosmos Worlds

Why do you study exoplanets?
We live in a fascinating era in terms of astronomical knowledge. We now know with certainty that many other stars besides our own Sun have…
Editor November 12, 2021

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Society

How did you become a science and technology journalist?
Science and technology are important aspects of humanity’s engagement with space. On the one hand, engaging with space improves our understanding of the universe and…
Editor November 5, 2021

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Cosmos Frontier

Why did you decide to become a cosmologist?
Cosmologists study a truly mind-bending topic: the nature of our universe. It’s a field of study that dwarfs the scopes of many other sciences. Cosmologists,…
Editor October 29, 2021

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Cosmos

How does machine learning help us understand galaxies?
The scale of the universe is difficult to fathom. Our world is inside a star system, which is in turn inside a galaxy, which is…
Editor October 22, 2021

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Frontier Machine Society

What are you doing to develop solar power off-planet?
Whatever humanity does off-planet, it will depend on energy. How will we power our activities as we leave the friendly confines of Earth? One obvious…
Editor October 15, 2021

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Independent Games Spur Interest in Space

Popular culture is an important driver of public interest in space. Most people have watched Star Wars or Star Trek, and these artifacts inform…

Machine

Cubesats Make Space Accessible

Editor August 16, 2018 Aurora College cubesats NanoRacks Rocket Lab satellites Stanford University STEM education STEM projects the Canadian Space Agency the International Space Station Yukon College

Space exploration used to be an expensive endeavor, but this is no longer the case. Anyone with $40K can now send a satellite into orbit. Universities,…