Ian O'Neill (Former Editor)
Dr. Ian O'Neill is the former editor of Mercury magazine and Mercury Online. He is an astrophysicist, freelance science writer and science communicator.
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The Winter 2020 issue (vol. 49 no. 1) of Mercury magazine is online for ASP members, featuring a goodbye to Spitzer, kicking off a busy decade for Mars, and paying tribute to Katherine Johnson.
Astronomers have discovered that our galaxy’s supermassive black hole is a track and field superstar.
How can our thirst for knowledge better serve all of humanity?
During a recent trip to Hawai’i, I spoke with Keck Observatory’s chief scientist to find out how the Thirty Meter Telescope dispute has affected operations.
What do you call an orphaned moon with planetary ambitions?
Another day, another "habitable" exoplanet discovery—and more headlines suggesting that aliens live there.
Welcome to Mercury magazine’s new online destination: Mercury Online!
What’s careening through the galaxy at 2.5 million miles per hour and screaming with gamma-rays?
After arriving at Bennu on December 31, mission scientists with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx quickly realized their spacecraft was orbiting a different kind of asteroid.
