Articles by: David Crookes

Something mysterious is going on inside the ice giant Neptune.

There's Something Strange Going On Inside Neptune

By David Crookes, All About Space magazine

Neptune is warmer than Uranus and astronomers are trying to figure out why.

An artist's impression of the Black Knight satellite. The spacecraft has sparked a long-lived conspiracy theory.

The Black Knight Satellite: A Hodgepodge of Alien Conspiracy Theories

By David Crookes, All About Space magazine

Some think it could be an extraterrestrial spacecraft — but is it?

This Digitized Sky Survey image shows the oldest star with a well-determined age in our galaxy. Called the Methuselah star, HD 140283 is 190.1 light-years away. Astronomers refined the star's age to about 14.5 billion years (which is older than the universe), plus or minus 800 million years. Image released March 7, 2013.

How Can a Star Be Older Than the Universe?

By David Crookes

Somebody is lying about their age.

Artist's impression of a black hole.

Where Do Black Holes Lead?

By David Crookes

If you could journey through the cosmos' most monstrous objects, what tales — if any — would you be able to tell?