Bruce Dorminey

Over the last three and a half decades, award-winning science journalist Bruce Dorminey --- a former Forbes senior science contributor, former Hong Kong Bureau Chief at Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine and former Paris-based technology correspondent for the Financial Times, has written for a multitude of high profile publications. They include Astronomy Magazine, Sky and Telescope, Scientific American, Science, Nature News, National Geographic, and Universe Today. He is the author of the 2001 book "Distant Wanderers: The Search for Planets beyond the Solar System." He was also the host of the "Cosmic Controversy" podcast which is still available via Podbean.

Recent Articles

Enigmatic Mercury Will Remain A Puzzle Until Someone Sends A Lander

October 17, 2026

Despite the upcoming Bepi Colombo visit to Mercury, we need a lander mission to fully understand our solar system’s innermost planet.
Astronomers Detect Potential ‘Second Generation’ Planet Around Dying Stellar White Dwarf

October 11, 2026

Potential ‘Second generation’ planet detection around a dying stellar white dwarf opens a whole new chapter of exoplanetary science.
New Lunar Crater Offers Keys To Moon’s Shallow Subsurface

September 24, 2026

Asteroids which strike the Moon and create new craters offer lunar scientists a window onto the workings of our natural satellite’s shallow subsurface.
Astronomy’s Decades-Long Quest To Understand Cosmic Topology

September 18, 2026

Cosmic topology is as esoteric as cosmology can get. But a growing number of astrophysicists think it holds keys to understanding the universe on its largest scales.
Venus Moon Would Have Been Doomed From The Start, Says New Paper

September 12, 2026

Venus likely never had a moon and even if it did, it would have soon been torn asunder by the planet’s own gravity, says prominent planetary astrophysicist.
Ancient Swedish Goths Had Surprisingly Accurate Calendars

September 10, 2026

Ancient Swedish pagans had surprisingly accurate calendars and the ability to measure phases of the Moon to an incredible precision.
Distant Quasars Provide Crucial Link In Understanding Earliest Supermassive Black Holes

September 02, 2026

Extreme quasars near the dawn of time are giving astrophysicists clues to the formation of supermassive black holes.
NASA’s Webb Telescope Rules Out Two New Dyson Sphere Candidates

August 27, 2026

Recent searches for the technosignatures of hypothetical Dyson Spheres again turn up empty.
NASA Starshade Would Enable Astronomers To Directly Image Rocky Exoworlds

August 24, 2026

Innovative NASA-funded orbital starshade could help capture first direct images from extrasolar earths.
New Solar System Models Show Earth Is No Fluke

August 21, 2026

Astrobiologists use new starting points to produce ‘organic’ models of our solar system’s formation.
Life On Earth May Have Had A Cold Start

August 19, 2026

Nitrous oxide (otherwise known as laughing gas) is likely a key atmospheric component of life in the cosmos.
Upgraded Sardinia Radio Telescope To Continue Probing Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts

August 14, 2026

Largest Italian radio telescope located on an out of the way mountain plateau in southern Sardinia sheds light on the cosmos’ still misunderstood Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs).
Ancient Maltese Seafarers Likely Navigated By The Stars

August 10, 2026

Ancient Maltese seafarers had both a complex cosmology and likely at least rudimentary skills in celestial navigation. It's thought that they used stars in the southern constellation of Crux to make their way around the south-central Mediterranean.
Astrobiologist Uses Apollo Lunar Samples As Mirror Onto Early Earth

July 31, 2026

A Tokyo-based astrobiologist is using an ingenious new way to garner insight into Earth’s 3.5-billion-year-old biosphere.
Astrobiology Offers Crucial Window Onto Earth’s Distant Past And Future

July 28, 2026

The search for extrasolar rocky planets circling other stars is more than mere science. It offers researchers a chance to gain crucial insight into how our own planet functions.
On The Hunt For Earth’s First Complex Life

July 18, 2026

Finding microfossils of Earth’s oldest complex life is a bit like chasing an astrobiological rainbow. The eukaryotic pot of gold at rainbow’s end always seems just a bit out of reach.
Most Of Moon’s Water Likely Remains Chemically Bound In Its Deep Interior

July 13, 2026

Aside from an unknown quantity of water in the Moon’s permanently shaded polar craters, the lion’s share of what water the Moon may have is likely chemically bound in its deep interior.
ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter Has Yet to Detect Methane On Mars

June 29, 2026

After more than eight years of searching and with instruments designed to detect it, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Mars Trace Gas Orbiter has yet to find methane in the red planet’s atmosphere.
Making Sense Of Mars’ Tiny Moon Of Phobos

June 20, 2026

Understanding the Martian moon of Phobos’ origin hinges on decoding its interior. Japan’s Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission due for launch in late 2026 should help.
Venus’ Strange Rotation Was Likely Triggered By A High Velocity Moon-Sized Impactor

June 14, 2026

Venus’ extraordinarily slow retrograde rotation was likely caused by a chance encounter with a moon-sized impactor. One that some 4.5 billion years ago likely slammed into our sister planet at a high angle and high velocity.