Jonathan O'Callaghan

Jonathan is an award-winning freelance science journalist based in the UK.

Recent articles by Jonathan O'Callaghan
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Why Silicon Valley is betting big on data centres in space

Space data centres could be a new frontier for humanity, but can the promise live up to the hype?
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Our Solar System has a wall. And NASA is about to reveal its true shape

NASA’s newly launched IMAP mission is set to tell us more about the boundary between our Solar System and interstellar space than ever before
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Scientists are now seriously asking if humans were seeded by aliens. Here's why

The idea that life on Earth began elsewhere in space has long been controversial, but it's now gaining traction
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These are science’s boldest ideas to cool our heating planet

As Earth's climate continues to warm, experts are increasingly wondering if we could, and should, take more drastic action and start tinkering with the planet in the hope of saving it
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