Robert Lea

Feature Writer

B.Sc. STEM

Robert is a Freelance Science Journalist with a STEM BSc. He specializes in Physics, Space, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Quantum Physics, and SciComm. Robert is an ABSW member, and aWCSJ 2019 and IOP Fellow.

Articles from Robert

How Quantum Mechanics Won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics

This year, the highest prize in physics was awarded to three physicists who were integral in proving the counter-intuitive nature of quantum physics.

19 Oct 2022

Researchers Demonstrate Quantum Entanglement with Many Atoms

Quantum physics ‘goes big’ as researchers probe the boundary between the domain of the small and the everyday.

28 Sep 2022

James Webb Captures its First Direct Image of an Exoplanet

Since the discovery of the first planet outside the solar system in 1992, astronomers have mainly relied on indirect methods to observe such worlds.

26 Sep 2022

The James Webb Space Telescope Zooms in on Jupiter

The most powerful telescope ever launched into space has shed new light on the solar system’s largest planet.

30 Aug 2022

James Webb Space Telescope Detects Carbon Dioxide in Exoplanet Atmosphere

The James Webb Space Telescope has once more reported exciting findings. This detection is the first-time carbon dioxide has been spotted around a planet outside the solar system.

26 Aug 2022

Bringing Mars Down to Earth - The Mars Sample Return Mission

What is NASA bringing home from Mars with its Sample Return Mission?

22 Aug 2022

Hunting the ‘Missing Link’ Between Black Hole Growth and Star Formation

New research connects two key elements of galactic evolution, the growth of supermassive black holes and the birth of new stars.

18 Aug 2022

Why Einstein’s General Relativity Theory Is Still Right After 100 Years

Over a century ago, Albert Einstein suggested a revolutionary theory of gravity that still astounds researchers with its accuracy.

8 Aug 2022

Amplifying Sound Quality with Quantum Microphones

A new laser-based optical measurement system cuts the signal-to-noise ratio in recordings down to record levels and human ears can hear the difference.

28 Jul 2022