Matthew Williams

Matt Williams is a space journalist, science communicator, and author with several published titles and studies. His work is featured in The Ross 248 Project and Interstellar Travel edited by NASA alumni Les Johnson and Ken Roy. He also hosts the podcast series Stories from Space on Patreon. He lives in beautiful British Columbia with his wife and family. For more information, check out his website.

Recent Articles

JUICE Mission to Swing by Earth on September 28

September 23, 2026

The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) will return to Earth on 28 September, with flight controllers guiding the spacecraft close to our home planet to alter its speed and direction en route to Jupiter.
First Diagnostic X-Rays in Space Mark New Era for Astronaut Health

September 23, 2026

A team of researchers acquired the first diagnostic X-ray images during a commercial spaceflight, demonstrating that X-ray medicine can be performed in space.
MIT Research Could Lead to Refueling Depots on Mars

September 20, 2026

MIT PhD candidate Lanie McKinney is developing technology to convert the chemicals in the Martian atmosphere into propellant to bring astronauts home.
Researchers Measure the Environment Where the First Supermassive Black Holes Formed

September 19, 2026

Scientists theorize that the rapid emergence of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in the early Universe can be explained by the direct-collapse black hole (DCBH) scenario. In a recent study, astronomers investigated the potential host environments of DCBHs and found that this scenario is a plausible explanation for how the "seeds" of SMBH formed.
BepiColombo Makes Up-Close Measurement of Mercury's Solar Bombardment

September 19, 2026

BepiColombo's measurements of particle bombardment at Mercury will help assess the impact of space storms on Mercury's surface and on Earth's atmosphere.
Researchers Develop a Way to Check the Weather on a Exoplanet

September 17, 2026

Scientists from Trinity have developed a powerful way to unravel the changing weather patterns on distant worlds. Using this approach, they discovered that the weather on a well-studied brown dwarf, “SIMP 0136”, previously linked with Northern Lights-like phenomena, is largely shaped by just two dominant processes: changes in temperature and the vertical structure of its clouds.
Mercury is Shrinking, But Faster Than Previously Thought

September 16, 2026

The rough, impact-debris-covered surface of Mercury has hidden the true rate at which Mercury has been shrinking, which scientists previously underestimated by 30%
Tens of Thousands of Fast Radio Bursts Could Help Solve the Greatest Cosmic Mysteries

September 14, 2026

A new study led by researchers from Caltech demonstrates the effectiveness of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) as a tool for measuring cosmological distances and the clustering of matter.
A New Catalog of Close to 3,000 Supernova Challenges Theories on Dark Energy

September 13, 2026

The most comprehensive catalogue of exploding white dwarf stars ever assembled has revealed new clues about dark energy, the mysterious force driving the universe’s accelerating expansion.
eROSITA's Second Data Release Catalog Delivering the Most Comprehensive High-Energy Census of the Cosmos to Date

September 10, 2026

The eROSITA Consortium has issued the survey's second data release (DR2), nearly doubling the previously known eROSITA X-ray sources to two million.
New Revelations About the Origin of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

September 10, 2026

UK astronomers have uncovered new clues about the origin of 3I/Atlas – only the third known object from beyond our Solar System ever spotted in our cosmic neighbourhood.
New Research Says that Early Galaxies Could be Sending us Neutrinos

September 10, 2026

Those "Little Red Dots" discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope, galaxies that existed during the very early Universe, could be sending neutrino particles that are reaching us today.
Japan's Hayabusa2 Achieves First-Ever Laser Ranging Experiment with an Asteroid

September 08, 2026

On Sunday July 5th, 2026, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) achieved the first-ever successful laser ranging experiment while making a flyby of an asteroid.
Rubin Observatory Peers Deep Into the Famous COSMOS Field

September 07, 2026

A new image from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory offers a spectacularly deep view into a famous region of sky known as the COSMOS field.
Astronomers Hear the Faint Whispers of Cosmic Hydrogen from the Distant Past.

September 06, 2026

Astronomers have directly detected an extremely faint radio signal from hydrogen gas billions of light years away, demonstrating a powerful new way to map the Universe.
The DESI Legacy Imaging Survey Releases the Largest 2-D Map of the Universe

September 04, 2026

The newest DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys map covers three-quarters of the sky and catalogs nearly four billion objects. This publicly-available database contains stars, galaxies, supernovae, gravitational lenses, and much more.
The 20th Data Release (DR 20) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is Here!

September 04, 2026

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has officially launched its twentieth data release (DR20), featuring updated data from multiple observations projects.
New Study Expands Search for "Dark Photons," a Leading Dark Matter Candidate

September 03, 2026

Cross-disciplinary research at Perimeter Institute and University of Maryland shows that dark photons could be lurking in more places than previously thought.
Physicists Determine Cause of "Runaway" Supermassive Black Hole

September 02, 2026

Researchers at UCSB and UT Austin have determined that a galactic merger kicked a supermassive black hole into intergalactic space.
NASA Announces Next Steps for Swift Rescue Mission

August 29, 2026

Due to an ongoing commercial spacecraft attitude control issue, NASA and Katalyst Space announced Wednesday the LINK spacecraft will attempt to conduct rendezvous and proximity operations with NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to demonstrate key capabilities for the future of space exploration.