Georgina Torbet
Georgina is a freelance space journalist, writing about planetary science, and robotic and human space exploration.
Recent articles by Georgina Torbet

An ancient Maya ‘codex’ keeps predicting future events with eerie accuracy
The Maya civilisation is known for its art and architecture. But as we decipher their surviving cultural relics, we’re discovering Maya astronomy was even more advanced than we had imagined

Our chances of finding alien life could soon skyrocket. Here’s why
From planetary colours to alien technologies, the clues to life may soon be within reach

These ‘impossible’ galaxies are breaking the Universe as we know it
It appears infant galaxies were much bigger babies than astronomers bargained for

Meet the team tasked with saving Earth from world-ending asteroids
When asteroids come tearing towards Earth, we rely on ESA's planetary defence team to save us from disaster

How understanding nothingness might just explain everything
There's a big, gaping hole in our understanding of the Universe. Meet the scientists trying to understand it

The six little red dots that nearly broke the Universe
The discovery of these unidentifiable objects threatened to break our understanding of the cosmos

A 'Bermuda Triangle of Space' has created a no-go region above Earth. Here's how
Above Earth, there is a void, a no-go zone that spacecraft enter at their own peril
