Brett Tingley
Brett is a science and technology journalist who is curious about emerging concepts in spaceflight and aerospace, alternative launch concepts, anti-satellite technologies, and uncrewed systems. Brett's work has appeared on The War Zone at TheDrive.com, Popular Science, the History Channel, Science Discovery, and more. Brett has English degrees from Clemson University and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. In his free time, Brett is a working musician, a hobbyist electronics engineer and cosplayer, an avid LEGO fan, and enjoys hiking and camping throughout the Appalachian Mountains with his wife and two children.
Latest articles by Brett Tingley

Rare colorful lightning caught on camera by ISS astronaut. 'OK, this is kind of out there'
By Brett Tingley published
NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured breathtaking video of a rare atmospheric phenomenon from his perch high above Earth on the International Space Station.

After accident crash on Mars, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter could live on as a weather station for 20 years
By Brett Tingley published
"She still has one final gift for us, which is that she's now going to continue on as a weather station of sorts."

'We didn't know what it was at first.' NASA aircraft uncovers site of secret Cold War nuclear missile tunnels under Greenland ice sheet
By Brett Tingley published
"We were looking for the bed of the ice and out pops Camp Century. We didn't know what it was at first."

UFO whistleblowers tell Congress 'we are not alone in the cosmos'
By Brett Tingley published
The latest congressional UFO hearing featured testimony from former military personnel who told representatives that excessive government secrecy hides the fact that we are not alone in the cosmos.

An asteroid hit Earth just hours after being detected. It was the 3rd 'imminent impactor' of 2024
By Brett Tingley published
A small asteroid burned up in Earth's atmosphere off the coast of California just hours after being discovered and before impact monitoring systems had registered its trajectory.

Space Force's mysterious X-37B begins 'aerobraking' to lower orbit. Here's how it works.
By Brett Tingley published
In a rare show of openness about the X-37B, Boeing Space released a video detailing how the space plane's aerobraking maneuvers help change its orbit.

Watch the 'Halloween comet' ATLAS burn up as it flies into the sun
By Brett Tingley published
Watch Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) make a death dive into the sun in this eerie footage from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft.

Celestron Origin Intelligent Home Observatory review
By Brett Tingley published
Review The Celestron Origin will have you taking crystal clear stunning pictures of deep sky objects in minutes.

Big, doomed 'TIE fighter' satellite seen from space just days before crashing back to Earth
By Brett Tingley published
The European Space Agency's ERS-2 Earth observation satellite was spotted in space as it prepares to make a fiery reentry into Earth's atmosphere on Feb. 21.

Russia is developing a space-based nuclear weapon to target satellites, U.S. Congress reveals
By Brett Tingley published
On Feb. 14, the U.S. Congress learned that Russia is creating a mysterious space-based nuclear weapon to target satellites. The capability is still in development and the launch of such a weapon does "not appear imminent."

Pinpoint landing: NASA orbiter spies Japan's revived SLIM moon lander on lunar surface
By Brett Tingley published
NASA's images show SLIM's landing site both before and after the probe's touchdown.

China's secret space plane deploys 6 unknown objects in orbit, and some are emitting signals
By Brett Tingley published
Four days after launching on its third-ever mission, China's mysterious Shenlong robotic space plane has deployed 6 unknown objects into orbit. Some of them appear to be emitting signals.

Secret Chinese space plane launches on 3rd-ever mission
By Brett Tingley published
Little is known about China's experimental Shenlong space plane or its objectives. The spacecraft just launched on its 3rd-ever mission.

A Russian cargo ship burnt to a crisp in Earth's atmosphere while ISS astronauts watched
By Brett Tingley published
A Russian spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station, only to burn up in Earth's atmosphere hours later as part of a routine waste disposal mission.

NASA finds organic compounds seeping up from hidden ocean on Jupiter's icy moon Ganymede
By Brett Tingley published
Ganymede, one of the largest moons in the solar system, possesses a salty subsurface ocean that may contain organic compounds, new research finds.

US government issues 1st-ever space junk fine, charging satellite TV company whopping $150k
By Brett Tingley published
The FCC issued its first-ever fine for a space debris violation, slapping the DISH satellite TV company with a $150,000 penalty.

No aliens in NASA's debut UFO report — but big questions remain
By Brett Tingley published
In the agency's first public report on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), NASA experts admit "we don't know what these UAP are."

Hackers attack 2 of the world's most advanced telescopes, forcing shutdown
By Brett Tingley published
It's unclear exactly what the nature of the cyberattacks were or from where they originated.

James Webb telescope discovers giant question mark galaxy in deep space
By Brett Tingley published
The James Webb Space Telescope spied a cosmic question mark in deep space while observing two young stars located more than 1,000 light-years from Earth.

US government is hiding evidence of 'non-human intelligence', UFO whistleblower tells Congress
By Brett Tingley published
During a congressional hearing on Wednesday (July 26), military witnesses claimed that evidence of non-human technology is being hidden from the public.
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