Daisy Dobrijevic

Daisy Dobrijevic

Reference Writer

Daisy Dobrijevic joined Space.com in February 2022 as a reference writer having previously worked for our sister publication All About Space magazine as a staff writer. Before joining us, Daisy completed an editorial internship with the BBC Sky at Night Magazine and worked at the National Space Centre in Leicester, U.K., where she enjoyed communicating space science to the public. In 2021, Daisy completed a PhD in plant physiology and also holds a Master's in Environmental Science, she is currently based in Nottingham, U.K.

Articles by: Daisy Dobrijevic

The Lucy mission will study the Trojan asteroids in a bid to shed light on the formation of the solar system.

Lucy mission: NASA's journey to the Trojan asteroids

By Adam Mann, Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Reference NASA’s Lucy mission is the first to visit the Trojan asteroids. Lucy will help answer questions about the formation of the solar system.

Deep view of the Orion Nebula, imaged from multiple exposures using the HAWK-I infrared camera on the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile.

Orion Nebula: Facts about Earth’s nearest stellar nursery

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Reference The Orion Nebula (Messier 42) is the nearest star-forming region to Earth, about 1,350 light-years away. It is located in the Orion Constellation, just below Orion's Belt.

The Orion Constellation is a familiar sight around the world.

Orion Constellation: Facts, location and stars of the hunter

By Kim Ann Zimmermann, Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Reference The Orion Constellation — named after the hunter in Greek mythology — is found on the celestial equator and is a prominent constellation in the night sky.

Do parallel universes exist? Do we live in just one of many bubble universes?

Do parallel universes exist? We might live in a multiverse.

By Vicky Stein, Daisy Dobrijevic published

Reference There are a few good theories for a multiverse — an infinite number of parallel universes besides our own.

Wolfe Creek Crater is a prominent feature of the Australian landscape.

10 Earth impact craters you must see

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Earth impact craters are unique tourist destinations. Here are some striking craters you can visit in person or from the comfort of your home with Google Earth.

Space Shuttle Columbia launches on mission STS-62.

Space shuttle Columbia: NASA's first shuttle in space

By Elizabeth Howell, Daisy Dobrijevic published

Reference Space shuttle Columbia was the first shuttle in space and performed 28 flights. Columbia's final flight ended in disaster as it broke apart during re-entry.

NASA Lucy mission-inspired crochet spacecraft

NASA Lucy asteroid mission-inspired craft ideas to try at home

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

The launch window for NASA's Lucy mission launch window opens on Saturday (Oct. 16). Here are some Lucy-inspired craft activities to keep you occupied until then.

Columbia disaster debris strewn across the floor in a hangar

Columbia Disaster: What happened and what NASA learned

By Elizabeth Howell, Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

REFERENCE The space shuttle Columbia broke up on Feb. 1, 2003, killing its seven-member crew. An investigation led to changes in NASA procedures.

Artist’s impression of exoplanet WASP-127b .

Astronomers reveal strange clouds on 'fluffy' alien planet WASP-127b

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

Astronomers reveal WASP-127b's clouds are unlike any found on Earth.

The comet appears to have a glowing green/blue nucleus and a long pink/white tail stretch off in one direction as it streaks across a star-studded sky.

Comets: Everything you need to know about the 'dirty snowballs' of space

By Charles Q. Choi, Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Comets are icy leftovers from the formation of the solar system. Explore these 'dirty snowballs' in more detail with our comet guide.

Australian wildfires burning in the Yuraygir National Park and Shark Creek area are visible in this image captured on September 8, 2019 by ESA's Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission

Satellites watch Australian wildfires trigger CO2 booms and ocean algal blooms

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

What happens on land affects the oceans, and satellites can see it all unfold.

Cape Royal, Grand Canyon National Park North Rim.

Mystery of Grand Canyon's missing rocks may finally be solved

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

The Grand Canyon is missing one billion years' worth of rocks, and the breakup of the ancient supercontinent Rodinia may be responsible, according to a new study.

Illustration of Earth's internal structure.

Most of Earth's carbon may be locked in our planet's outer core

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Scientists now understand the composition of Earth a little better thanks to new study.

Svetlana Savitskaya, the second woman in space and the first woman to go to space twice

Svetlana Savitskaya: Second woman in space, 1st female spacewalker

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

Former cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya was the second woman to go to space, the first woman to perform a spacewalk and the first woman to go to space twice.

Artist’s impression of a supernova ejecting a white dwarf star.

Scientists find chunk of blown-apart star hurtling through Milky Way at breakneck speed

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

LP 40-365 will probably leave the galaxy at some point, scientists say.

The feeding process at the center of the supermassive black hole in the galaxy NGC 1566.

Supermassive black holes can be surprisingly delicate eaters, astronomers find

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

Astronomers have imaged an extraordinary black hole picnic of cosmic proportions.

A flat-Earth would look very different from space.

8 ways life would get weird on a flat Earth

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Earth is spherical, but what would happen if the Earth were flat? We explore some of the bizarre implications of a flat world which would make life as we know it virtually impossible.

Artist's illustration of 'Oumuamua, the first confirmed interstellar object ever spotted in our solar system.

'Galileo Project' will search for evidence of extraterrestrial life from the technology it leaves behind

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

The search for extraterrestrial technology is "daring to look through new telescopes."

The PDS 70 system captured by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)

Astronomers spot 1st moon-forming disk around an alien world

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

The circumplanetary disk has the potential to form numerous elusive exomoons.

An artist's impression of the Milky Way galaxy, our cosmic home.

Dark matter is putting the brakes on our Milky Way galaxy's spin

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

The rotation of the Milky Way bar has slowed by almost a quarter since its formation.

Terry Virts inside the International Space Station's Cupola module.

Get 'Down to Earth' with former NASA astronaut Terry Virts in new podcast

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

Join astronaut Terry Virts as he discusses what matters on planet Earth with a range of interesting guests

A surfer carrying a surfboard gazes at the aurora light show in the sky

Earth's aurora origin mystery solved by 'surfing' electrons

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Scientists have discovered how electrons gain enough energy to cause phenomenal auroral displays.

The interiors of the zircons are visualized using an specialized electron microscope.

Earth's oldest crystals reveal age of plate tectonics

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

Scientists have used the world's oldest crystals to determine the age of modern plate tectonics.

mars dust storm

7 solar system worlds where the weather is crazy

By Jonathan O'Callaghan, Daisy Dobrijevic, How It Works magazine published

What's the weather like on other worlds? Expect methane rain, global haboobs and a 10,000-mile-wide hurricane.

Artistic impression of the super-Earth in orbit around the red dwarf star GJ 740.

Newfound super-Earth has speedy orbit around red dwarf star

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

The newly discovered exoplanet is three times as massive as Earth.

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