Melissa Brobby

Science writer

Melissa Brobby is a science communicator and astronomy writer.

Recent articles by Melissa Brobby

Conceptual artwork of neutrinos. Credit: Science Photo Library / Victor Habbick Visions / Getty Images

Neutrinos could explain why the Universe didn’t just disappear after the Big Bang

Illustration showing a star surrounded by a protoplanetary disc. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Raw ingredients for life found round distant stars similar to our early Solar System

How do planets survive being destroyed by their dying host stars? Credit: Dotted Hippo/iStock/Getty Images

How do planets survive being torn apart by dying stars?

Artist's impression of a coronal mass ejection. Credit: NNASA/CXC/INAF/Argiroffi, C. et al./S. Wiessinger

Here’s why coronal mass ejections from the Sun are dangerous

Waxing crescent Moon Stacey Downton, Longbridge, Birmingham, 5 May 2022 Equipment: Altair Astro GPCAM 290C camera, Altair Astro 8-inch f/5 Newtonian, Sky-Watcher EQ6-R mount

Our own Moon is helping astronomers unlock the secrets of the early Universe

Are young people still interested in space? Credit: M Gucci / Getty

Are young people still interested in space?

Artist's impression of activity on the Moon. How can humans manage waste and recycle materials on the Moon? Credit: ESA/P. Carril

Will humans be able to recycle materials on the Moon?

Artist's impression of a rogue freefloating exopplanet

Astronomers are detecting exoplanets using a technique predicted by Einstein

Artist’s impression shows how ULAS J1120+0641, a quasar powered by a black hole with a mass 2 billion times that of the Sun, may have looked. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser

Could supermassive black holes be halting star formation?

Did Venus once have oceans? What can Venus today tell us about climate change on Earth? Credit: NASA

What can Venus tell us about climate change on Earth?

A replica ExoMars rover during a test drive around the Mars Terrain Simulator at ALTEC, Turin, Italy. Credit: ESA/Thales Alenia Space

How the ExoMars rover will search for Martian meteorites