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Author: Mackenna Wood

Blog / Happy Birthday Perseverance!

March 8, 2022 / Mackenna Wood /

As of February 18, 2022 the Mars Perseverance Rover has spent exactly one Earth year on Mars (although it’ll be another 322 days before it’s been a full Martian year). So what has “Percy” been up to this year?

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Blog / The Strange Case of the “First Exoplanet”

September 29, 2021 / Mackenna Wood /

The first exoplanet was discovered by Michael Mayor and Didier Queloz in 1998. So why then did I come across an essay written in 1946 claiming that one was found in 1942?

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Blog / When Astronomy Goes Wrong

April 8, 2021 / Mackenna Wood / 1

New discoveries in astronomy often make the news. But extracting meaningful information using only light from distant  stars can be very difficult, and astronomers do occasionally get it wrong. What…

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Blog / Second From the Sun – A Brief History of Observations of Venus

September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 / Mackenna Wood /

New science on Venus’s atmosphere may inspire new missions to explore “Earth’s Sister”, but did you know that probes landed on Venus’s surface in the 1970’s?

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Blog / Superflares and Tough Bacteria

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 / Mackenna Wood /

Humanity has long been faced with the question of the existence of extraterrestrial life. Could there be life elsewhere in the universe, and if there is, could it be anything…

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Blog / How to Find a Planet in 3 (Not So) Easy Steps

November 11, 2019November 11, 2019 / Mackenna Wood /

Finding an exoplanet using one of the most common methods is pretty easy in theory. But be warned, it’s much harder in practice than it sounds.

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