Colin Stuart

Science communicator

Colin Stuart is an astronomy author and speaker.

Recent articles by Colin Stuart

Forget rockets – a lunar elevator is the future of Moon travel © Alamy

Could we build an elevator to the Moon?

Space Junk: Is it a disaster waiting to happen? © Getty Images

Reality Check Space Junk: Is it a disaster waiting to happen?

The mission that could spot a city on a planet in another solar system © The Aerospace Corporation

Inside the mission to spot an alien city by harnessing the Sun’s colossal gravity

Ghost stars: The radical theory that could solve the mystery of dark matter © Maciej Rebisz

Ghost stars The radical theory that could solve the mystery of dark matter

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How to build a Moon base

Can life exist around a black hole? © Magic Torch

Can life exist around a black hole?

Solar system. Artwork of the eight planets orbiting the Sun (upper centre), as seen from the orbit of Saturn (lower left). The orbits of the planets are shown as blue lines. Distances and sizes are not to scale. In their order from the Sun, the planets are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars (the small, rocky inner planets), Jupiter (centre right), Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune (the outer gas giant planets). The latter two are at upper left. In August 2006, Pluto (not shown) became a Dwarf planet. The asteroid belt (between Mars and Jupiter) is also seen, and the Milky Way galaxy is in the background.

The Solar System How do we know how it formed?

Comet Interceptor: unlocking the secrets of the early Solar System © ESA

Comet Interceptor Unlocking the secrets of the early Solar System

Cosmic origins: the miraculous journey from dust clouds to life © Getty Images

Cosmic origins: the miraculous journey from dust clouds to life

Inside China's plans to build a lunar base © Chinese National Space Administration

Race to the Moon Inside China's plans to build a lunar base

Planet Nine: How we’ll find the Solar Systems missing planet © Magic Torch

Planet Nine How we’ll find the Solar System's missing planet

Why we need to go back to the Moon © NASA

The Apollo programme Why we need to go back to the Moon

What if we find alien life?

First contact What if we find alien life?

‘Oumuamua, the bizarre object hurtling through our Solar System, joined a select group of cosmic enigmas that have astronomers scratching their heads… © Magic Torch

The nine most mysterious objects in the Universe

InSight: what NASA's mission to Mars could find inside the Red Planet © NASA/JPL-Caltech

InSight: what NASA’s mission to Mars could find inside the Red Planet