Nola Taylor Tillman
Nola Taylor Tillman is a contributing writer for Space.com. She loves all things space and astronomy-related, and enjoys the opportunity to learn more. She has a Bachelor’s degree in English and Astrophysics from Agnes Scott college and served as an intern at Sky & Telescope magazine. In her free time, she homeschools her four children. Follow her on Twitter at @NolaTRedd
Latest articles by Nola Taylor Tillman
What is the Moon Made Of?
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The moon's surface tells the story of the solar system's beginnings.
Michael Collins, Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot
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Astronaut Michael Collins felt "absolutely isolated" in orbit while his Apollo 11 crewmates walked on the moon.
'Symbiotic stars' caught snacking on each other outside the Milky Way
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Stars snacking on their companions outside the Milky Way have been precisely mapped and measured for the first time.
Dream Chaser space plane's first flight slips to 2022 due to pandemic-related delays
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Delays, many related to COVID, have pushed the first flight of the Dream Chaser space plane to 2022.
Big dust storms may have driven off much of Mars' water
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Martian dust storms have helped to strip water from the red planet.
Boulders on asteroid Bennu shed new light on the space rock's history
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The near-Earth asteroid Bennu continues to reveal its secrets to NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission.
NASA Probe Finds Nanoflares and Plasma 'Bombs' on Sun
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A NASA probe has peered into the sun's atmosphere and found 'bombs' of plasma, jets that affect solar wind and nanoflares that rapidly accelerate particles.
How Big is Mercury?
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Mercury is the smallest planet, but it is very dense.
2014 MU69: Arrokoth, the most distant object ever explored
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New Horizons' historic flyby of the KBO 2014 MU69, also known as Arrokoth, has revealed incredible insights about the birth of the solar system.
Venus, once billed as Earth's twin, is a hothouse (and a tantalizing target in the search for life)
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As Earth's twin, Venus offers much in the search for life and habitable worlds.
Students grow 'rocket lettuce' from space seeds
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Students across the United Kingdom grew seeds that spent six months in space to learn how they would grow once back on Earth.
Meet 'Tenacity': 1st Dream Chaser space plane gets a name
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The first orbital Dream Chaser space plane recently got its wings, and a name: Tenacity.
Death from above? Fireball may have destroyed ancient Syrian village
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An ancient Syrian village was destroyed by a fireball from the sky, scientists suspect.
The rings of Saturn are 'ringing' like a bell
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Saturn’s ringing rings are revealing insights about the planet’s interior.
Weird mystery of watery plumes on Europa may hint at 'stealth particles'
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Plumes from Jupiter’s moon Europa could provide insights about the interior of the moon, but their deposits remain hidden.
Inside the world's largest sun-spotting telescope
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In January 2020, Space.com had the chance to get up close and personal with the Daniel K. Inoye Solar Telescope, the world’s largest solar telescope.
NASA astronauts may train on private suborbital spaceships
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NASA astronauts may use suborbital flights as training opportunities, while human exploration of the moon could open the door to more science.
You can build your own Earth 2.0 with the awesome website 'Earth-like'
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You can now build your own "Earth-like" planet to see just how different it is from our own world.
Scientists calculate age of massive neutron star crash that helped form our solar system
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The neutron-star merger that showered the solar system with its precious metals was fairly close and fairly recent.
Future space telescopes may probe Titan-like exoplanets
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Planets like Saturn's moon Titan, one of the most potentially habitable places in the solar system, could reveal their secrets to future telescopes.
Is the end near for Mars Odyssey? Trump's proposed 2021 budget could doom long-lived mission
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The proposed 2021 budget could cancel Odyssey by default due to timing challenges.
This gas-giant exoplanet has water-rich clouds. Here's why it thrills astronomers.
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Three teams of astronomers have been fascinated by an alien world known as K2-18b. But what's all the fuss about?