Co-Founder & Senior Science Writer
Topics: Space · Physics · Science
Adrian Cole grew up with a telescope in the backyard and a head full of questions that nobody around him could fully answer. What are stars actually made of. How far does space go. What happens inside a black hole. Those questions did not go away as he got older — they got louder. That eventually pushed him toward physical sciences at university, where he studied astrophysics and theoretical physics and finally started getting answers that satisfied him.
The academic years were important. Not just for the knowledge, but for the habit of reading carefully. A physics paper is not like a news article. It asks you to sit with it, work through the methodology, understand what the data is actually showing versus what the authors are claiming. Adrian developed that habit at university and it has stayed with him ever since. It is also what separates how he writes from how most science websites cover these topics.
He spent several years after university reading research independently — journals, mission reports, conference papers — before he started writing professionally. By the time he wrote his first article, he had already been following space science seriously for the better part of a decade. That background matters. When a NASA announcement drops or a new physics study gets published, he is not starting from zero. He already knows the context, the history, and what questions still do not have answers.
At Space Tech Daily, Adrian covers Space, Physics, and Science. His space writing goes wherever the research goes — planetary missions, Mars exploration, exoplanets, black holes, neutron stars, the physics of the early universe, and the ongoing question of whether life exists anywhere else out there. In physics, he writes about quantum mechanics, particle physics, thermodynamics, and relativity. Not just the conclusions, but the reasoning behind them, because a result without context is not really understanding. His broader science articles bring together findings from different fields and explain what they actually change about how we see things.
He has been doing this for over eight years. In that time, his rule has stayed the same — read the original paper first, every time, without exception. Press releases leave things out. Headlines get things wrong. The paper is the only version that counts.
When he is away from the desk, Adrian is usually at his telescope on a clear night, mid-argument with someone about the Fermi Paradox, or quietly reconsidering his position on Pluto.
Academic Background:
Physical Sciences — University level, with focus on Astrophysics and Theoretical Physics
Topics He Covers:
Space · Physics · Science
Years Writing: 8+
The universe does not owe us simple answers. But it does reward patient curiosity.
Adrian Cole