Category: Universe Today

• Some planet-like Kuiper belt objects don’t play “Nice”

  When we talk about big advances in planetary science, we often are thinking about Mars rovers or the discovery of exoplanets. However, one area where we’ve learned a lot over the last few decades is the Kuiper belt: a region beyond the orbit of Neptune inhabited by small bodies of ice and rock. Before 1992,…

  Matthew R. Francis

  January 17, 2014

  Universe Today, Writing for Other Sites

  Kuiper belt objects, planet formation, planetary science, Trojan asteroids

• The week in review (October 20-26)

  I had a wonderful time at GeekGirlCon; thanks again to Dr. Rubidium, AKA Nick Fury, for putting together the DIY Science Zone, and to everyone who made it a great event. I have a more formal wrap-up post in the works, but in the meantime, have some science writing. The river of spacetime (Galileo’s Pendulum):…

  Matthew R. Francis

  October 26, 2013

  Ars Technica, Galileo’s Pendulum, Universe Today, Writing for Other Sites

  black holes, cosmology, early galaxies, general relativity, history of science, science communication