Georgina Torbet

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

Recent articles by Georgina Torbet
Spiral galaxy

These ‘impossible’ galaxies are breaking the Universe as we know it

It appears infant galaxies were much bigger babies than astronomers bargained for
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Illustration of an asteroid hurtling towards a massive telescope

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
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Illustration of an active quasar in a galaxy. The quasar is emitting from the centre of a spiral galaxy. The quasar is powered by material falling into the supermassive blackhole at the centre of the galaxy. This produces high energy radiation which pushes material away from the centre of the galaxy. This quasar wind propels material into the surrounding gas and dust of the galaxy which heats up, shown in blue in the spiral arms.

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
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A black hole in space devours galaxies and stars.

The six little red dots that nearly broke the Universe

The discovery of these unidentifiable objects threatened to break our understanding of the cosmos
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Illustration depicting the Bermuda Triangle from space.

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
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