Andy Tomaswick

Andy Tomaswick

Andy has been interested in space exploration ever since reading Pale Blue Dot in middle school. An engineer by training, he likes to focus on the practical challenges of space exploration, whether that's getting rid of perchlorates on Mars or making ultra-smooth mirrors to capture ever clearer data. When not writing or engineering things he can be found entertaining his wife, four children, six cats, and two dogs, or running in circles to stay in shape.

Latest articles by Andy Tomaswick

Artist's conception of the Earth/Sun Lagrange Points.

NASA launches special mission to study Earth's mysterious "halo"

By Andy Tomaswick published

NASA's Carruthers Geocorona Observatory has taken flight, and will soon start a two-year mission to study Earth's mysterious "halo".

Space

JWST finds planet with all-carbon atmosphere orbiting 'black widow' star

By Andy Tomaswick published

Scientists using the James Webb telescope have spotted an exoplanet orbiting a 'black widow' pulsar in surprising new observations.

Exoplanets
Hubble image of 3I/ATLAS. White dashes on a black background.

Comet 3I/ATLAS is unusually 'active', earliest NASA observations reveal

By Andy Tomaswick published

NASA's planet-hunting TESS telescope observed the rare interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS two months before it was formally "discovered," and those early observations reveal the comet is surprisingly active.

Space