Dr Robin George Andrews 🌋☄️

For many space scientists, Patrick Stewart *was* Capt. Picard—a pacifistic, stoic diplomat who hated megalomaniacs.

For @nytimes, I wrote about how he, and Star Trek, inspired everyone from astronomers and astronauts to planetary defenders. nytimes.com/2026/10/30/sci…

Absolutely thrilled to share that I’m a columnist for @newscientist! Each month, I’ll be sharing the latest, strangest lore drops in the race between the US and China to build a base on the Moon.

First up: A NASA robot’ll be hunting down some lava tubes! newscientist.com/article/259778…

NEW: How, exactly, did Earth and Mars form? A new study suggests they have very different origin stories: Mars was mostly built by giant space rocks colliding, while Earth was pieced together by a self-assembling swarm of pebbles. 🌎 ☄️ 💥

Me @NYTScience nytimes.com/2026/10/22/sci…

In just a few seconds, gamma-ray bursts unleash the same energy as 1,000 suns blazing for 10 billion years. They're cosmic superweapons—and scientists thought they understood them.

But then along came Dynamite, Bonfire, the BOAT, and Lucifer.

Me @sciam scientificamerican.com/article/these-…

LET’S GO MMX!