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The solar system has too many moons – it's time for a cull

The solar system has too many moons – it's time for a cull

23 October 2019

Designating rocks just a few kilometres across as moons is misleading and ridiculous. We need to do a Pluto and cut moons down to size, argues Leah Crane
Tears for Cassini: why it's OK to well up over a lump of metal

Tears for Cassini: why it's OK to well up over a lump of metal

14 September 2017

Expect more of the modern phenomenon of mass mourning for a machine when the space probe Cassini makes its death dive into Saturn, says Joelle Renstrom

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