Tereza Pultarova
Tereza is a London-based science and technology journalist, aspiring fiction writer and amateur gymnast. Originally from Prague, the Czech Republic, she spent the first seven years of her career working as a reporter, script-writer and presenter for various TV programmes of the Czech Public Service Television. She later took a career break to pursue further education and added a Master's in Science from the International Space University, France, to her Bachelor's in Journalism and Master's in Cultural Anthropology from Prague's Charles University. She worked as a reporter at the Engineering and Technology magazine, freelanced for a range of publications including Live Science, Space.com, Professional Engineering, Via Satellite and Space News and served as a maternity cover science editor at the European Space Agency.
Latest articles by Tereza Pultarova

Stunning images from Very Large Telescope capture unique views of planet formation
By Tereza Pultarova published
Incredible images captured by the Very Large Telescope in Chile reveal unique insights into planet formation around young stars.

NASA's tiny CAPSTONE probe celebrates 450 days in orbit around the moon
By Tereza Pultarova published
NASA's CAPSTONE cubesat is still going strong after 450 days circling the moon in a special orbit chosen for NASA's future lunar space station.

Our solar system's ocean moons may be habitable — and their icy shells could hold proof
By Tereza Pultarova published
The thicknesses of ice shells covering our solar system's ocean-bearing moons could provide hints about whether these mysterious bodies may harbor life.

Computer-simulated moon dust may help lunar robots pass a major hurdle
By Tereza Pultarova published
Scientists have developed a new computer model that simulates how moon dust behaves in lunar gravity. They hope it will keep future moon exploration robots safe.

Mysterious radio source in heart of ancient star cluster might be a rare black hole
By Tereza Pultarova published
One of the Milky Way’s brightest star clusters may have a medium-sized black hole at its heart, groundbreaking radio observations revealed.

Starlink close encounters decrease despite ever-growing number of satellites
By Tereza Pultarova published
Even though the Starlink constellation has grown by about 1,000 spacecraft in the last six months, its satellites made fewer avoidance maneuvers in that period than in the prior half year.

Nearby exoplanet may be rich in life-giving water, study finds
By Tereza Pultarova published
Researchers have just come a step closer to uncovering the secrets of an alien planet that may be the most likely of all known extrasolar worlds to host life.

Hubble Telescope finds surprising source of brightest fast radio burst ever
By Tereza Pultarova published
The brightest fast radio burst ever observed flashed from a group of ancient galaxies, the Hubble Space Telescope has found, and astronomers are surprised.

Watch this self-eating rocket prototype engine consume itself then explode (video)
By Tereza Pultarova published
British researchers have tested a prototype self-eating rocket that could launch tiny satellites cheaply and without leaving any debris behind.

10 dramatic discoveries about Earth from 2023
By Tereza Pultarova published
2023 was another eventful year for our planet, delivering broken climate records, unprecedented weather disasters and worrisome studies.

Steve Wozniak's start-up Privateer develops ride-sharing spacecraft to reduce orbital clutter
By Tereza Pultarova published
Steve Wozniak's space sustainability start-up Privateer launched a prototype of its Pono space module to encourage users to share 'stuff' in space.

Western Europe's 1st vertical spaceport cleared for launch, hopes to see rockets fly in 2024
By Tereza Pultarova published
Western Europe's first vertical spaceport receives a launch license, paving the way for the continent's debut rocket flight next year.

World's best space-based thermometer dead 2 months after 1st image release
By Tereza Pultarova published
The world's most accurate space-based thermometer has suffered a mission-critical anomaly only two months after the release of its first images.

Space weather is chaotic and hard to predict. This new model could change that
By Tereza Pultarova published
Scientists are building a 'beyond state-of-the-art' digital model of near-Earth space to improve forecasting of solar storms and their effects on infrastructure.

Performing evasive maneuvers increases satellites' collision risk down the road
By Tereza Pultarova published
Trying to avoid satellite collisions in orbit increases the risk of future collisions in the aftermath of each avoidance maneuver, researchers have round.

Colliding space junk makes 'noise' that could be heard from Earth
By Tereza Pultarova published
Weird effects of space junk collisions could help researchers detect dangerous, hard-to-see orbital clutter.

Nuclear power on the moon: Rolls-Royce unveils reactor mockup
By Tereza Pultarova published
Tech giant Rolls-Royce unveiled a mockup lunar nuclear reactor at the U.K. Space Conference in Belfast last month.

A mysterious river of gas flowing into the Milky Way has stars inside after all
By Tereza Pultarova published
For the first time since its discovery, scientists have found stars within the Magellanic Stream, a mighty river of hydrogen gas emanating from two small galaxies in the outskirts of the Milky Way.

Earth-like planets may form even in harsh environments, James Webb Space Telescope finds
By Tereza Pultarova published
The James Webb Space Telescope has found water and organic carbon molecules in the vicinity of a massive, active young star.

SpaceX launches world's 1st satellite that can pinpoint carbon emissions from space
By Tereza Pultarova published
The world's first satellite capable of detecting industrial sources of carbon emissions from space has just reached orbit — and it promises to be a game-changer.

Burned-up space junk pollutes Earth's upper atmosphere, NASA planes find
By Tereza Pultarova published
Scientists have detected the presence of air pollutants from burning space junk in the upper layers of Earth's atmosphere.

A simple streetlight hack could protect astronomy from urban light pollution
By Tereza Pultarova published
Blinking streetlights could protect astronomy from the damaging effects of light pollution.

New space-based thermometer takes Earth's temperature in unprecedented detail (photos)
By Tereza Pultarova published
The first images from a new Earth-observing satellite reveal in unprecedented detail how temperature changes on the planet's surface.
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