Articles by

Katrina Miller

The ‘Little Bang’ Helping Physicists Study the Infant Universe

Our universe started with a bang that blasted everything into existence. But what happened next is a...

The Electron Is Having a (Magnetic) Moment. It’s a Big Deal

In classical physics, a vacuum is a total void—a true manifestation of nothingness. But quantum physics says...

Tiny, Explosive ‘Jetlets’ Might Be Fueling the Solar Wind

Streaming out of the sun at a million miles an hour, the solar wind—a blistering plasma of...

At Last, the Milky Way Gets a Better Close Up

After two years of data-taking and number-crunching, a team of astronomers has dropped a snapshot of, quite...

Did the Seeds of Life Ride to Earth Inside an Asteroid?

Nearly a hundred different types of amino acids have been observed in meteorites, but only a dozen...

Humans Walk Weird. Scientists May Finally Know Why

For something so routine, walking is shockingly complicated. Biomechanists break a single step into several phases: First...

How Do You Prove There’s Ice on the Moon? With a Lunar Flashlight

“For me, this is a dream measurement,” says David Paige, a planetary scientist at the University of...

Please Stop Freaking Out About This Giant Yellow Spider

Native to East Asia, Jorōs are one of many so-called golden orb weavers, named after the shiny...