Morgan Rehnberg

Morgan Rehnberg studies astrophysics and planetary science as a graduate student at the University of Colorado - Boulder. When he's not plumbing the depths of Saturn's rings, he advocates for greater public engagement with science.

Planetary Society: We Can Afford to Orbit Humans at Mars by 2033

Start your clocks. If the Planetary Society gets its wish, humans will be lifting off for the Red Planet eighteen years…

9 years ago

Will Space Play in the 2016 US Election?

It might be only March of 2015, but the race (slog?) is on to be the next president of the…

9 years ago

Are Asteroids the Future of Planetary Science?

I don't think I ever learned one of those little rhymes - My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine…

9 years ago

How Did We Find the Distance to the Sun?

How far is the Sun? It seems as if one could hardly ask a more straightforward question. Yet this very…

9 years ago

Shooting “Color” in the Blackness of Space

If NASA is so advanced, why are their pictures in black and white? It’s a question that I've heard, in…

9 years ago

Alone and Confused, Philae Breaks our Hearts

I was twelve years old when Columbia disintegrated. Space exploration was not even a particular interest of mine at the time,…

9 years ago