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

The Mystery of the Universe’s ‘Missing Worlds’ Could Be Solved by Shrinking Planets

Mini-Neptune exoplanets could shed their atmospheres as they age, thus ‘leaping the radius gap’ and explaining why mid-sized planets seem to be missing from our catalogs.

18 May 2021

How the International Space Station Helps Study Earth’s Climate

The desire to understand space and reach beyond the limits of Earth's atmosphere has provided us with the ideal platform to study our planet and combat our most pressing challenge: climate change.

14 May 2021

A New Type of Aurora Revealed in Decades-Old Video Footage

Physicists have found a previously undiscovered phenomenon called ‘diffuse auroral erasers’ while analyzing a video of auroras recorded in 2002.

10 May 2021

Volcanic Activity on Mars has Implications for the Red Planet’s Habitability

New research reveals that active volcanoes on Mars were not restricted to the planet’s distant history as previously believed.

7 May 2021

How Saturn’s Helium Rain Could Influence its Unique Magnetic Fields

Simulations of the interior of Saturn have revealed a connection between the planet’s magnetic field and its thick shell of helium rain.

7 May 2021

Solar Parker Probe Spots Natural Radio Emissions in the Atmosphere of Venus

New data collected from the atmosphere of Venus could reveal why Earth’s ‘twin’ grew up so differently.

4 May 2021

Hot Solar Mystery Could Be Solved by ‘Campfires’

The fact that the Sun’s corona is significantly higher in temperature than expected is a long-standing puzzle. New research shows this problem could be solved by mini solar flares, nicknamed ‘campfires.’

29 Apr 2021

NASA Perseverance Rover Generates Oxygen on Mars for the First Time

NASA’s Perseverance rover is continuing to make history as its onboard device MOXIE creates oxygen on Mars for the first time in history.

23 Apr 2021

Sending Quantum Sensors to the Moon with Q-CTRL

Quantum sensors in orbit around the Moon will search Earth’s natural satellite for resources that could enable human-crewed space missions to Mars and beyond.

4 Mar 2021

Astronomers Reach Agreement on the Age of the Universe

New observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation that permeates the universe has confirmed its age of 13.77 billion years… Give or take 40 million years!

6 Jan 2021

Robert Lea

Articles from Robert

The Mystery of the Universe’s ‘Missing Worlds’ Could Be Solved by Shrinking Planets

How the International Space Station Helps Study Earth’s Climate

A New Type of Aurora Revealed in Decades-Old Video Footage

Volcanic Activity on Mars has Implications for the Red Planet’s Habitability

How Saturn’s Helium Rain Could Influence its Unique Magnetic Fields

Solar Parker Probe Spots Natural Radio Emissions in the Atmosphere of Venus

Hot Solar Mystery Could Be Solved by ‘Campfires’

NASA Perseverance Rover Generates Oxygen on Mars for the First Time

Sending Quantum Sensors to the Moon with Q-CTRL

Astronomers Reach Agreement on the Age of the Universe

Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

SideKick QCL Controller: Low-Noise Laser Control Solution

LabOne Q: An Intuitive Software Framework for Scalable Quantum Computing

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Perovskite Quantum Dots: Transforming the Landscape of Optoelectronics

Repeat-Until-Success Algorithm for Quantum Gate Decomposition

Robert Lea

Articles from Robert

Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

1New Insights into Quark Dynamics Within Protons

2A Breakthrough in Quantum Error Correction

3Glimpse of the 'Neutrino Fog' Detected in Dark Matter Experiments

4Webb Discovers Persistent Planet-Forming Disks in the Early Universe

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