Latest articles by Ben Turner
Jeff Bezos went to the edge of space. Does that make him an astronaut?
The billionaire's flight has opened up a debate about what "astronauts' and "space' even are.
Curiosity rover discovers that evidence of past life on Mars may have been erased
The findings from the Curiosity rover could help the Perseverance rover decide which samples to collect for later analysis.
'Alien burp' may have been detected on Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover
Methane tends to only be made by biological life, so scientists are wondering if the source is from alien microbes.
China wants to launch asteroid-deflecting rockets to save Earth from Armageddon
Although the asteroid, Bennu, only has a 1-in-2700 chance of hitting Earth, scientists are taking the risk seriously.
Enormous Antarctic lake vanishes in 3 days
Scientists are concerned that increasing amounts of meltwater could be finding its way into the ocean.
This 'charming' particle could have saved the universe
The charm meson could answer why there's more matter than antimatter in the universe.
When this star blows, its planets will be turned into enormous pinballs
The researchers created a computer model to predict the ways the planets would scatter, finding that slight tweaks to starting positions lead to vastly different outcomes
Famous Stephen Hawking theory about black holes confirmed
Physicists analyzed data from the first ever gravitational waves detected to prove Hawking's theory, and think that even more could be discovered from studying the ripples in space-time.
100,000 star nurseries mapped in first-of-its-kind survey
The researchers say that they want to use the survey to better understand our own place in the universe.
Physicists harness atomic 'dark states' to store light
Physicists used optical tweezers to capture their gas clouds.
Watch this stunning Starforge simulation of a star being born
Astrophysicists are using the simulation to learn how stars form, how they arrange themselves into galaxies, and how the heavy elements that are vital to complex life are forged.
More accurate clocks may add more disorder to the universe, scientists say
The researchers found the result by studying a tiny, jiggling membrane. Their experiment could lay the groundwork for further tests of the laws of thermodynamics at the tiniest scales.
Astronomers chart invisible ocean of dark matter swirling outside the Milky Way
Astronomers are hoping to use the wake of stars to test the existing theories of dark matter.
World's 1st multinode quantum network is a breakthrough for the quantum internet
Researchers say the new network will be unhackable and able to coordinate systems to unprecedented levels. Many of the deeper implications, however, cannot be foreseen.
Space junk is blocking our view of the stars, scientists say
The increasing number of satellites and space debris orbiting Earth could prevent astronomers from making crucial discoveries.
A tiny, wobbling muon just shook particle physics to its core
But this may not be the end of the story.
Antimatter cooled to near absolute zero by laser beam
The scientists trapped the antimatter in a magnetic field to stop it from annihilating, before blasting it with a cooling laser.
Scientists unlock the 'Cosmos' on the Antikythera Mechanism, the world's first computer
Scientists may have finally made a complete digital model for the Cosmos panel of a 2,000-year-old mechanical device called the Antikythera mechanism that's believed to be the world's first computer.
