19 January 2022
The basics of how fusion works inside stars like the sun is more complicated than it is sometimes portrayed. We shouldn't be surprised that the details are imperfectly understood, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
15 December 2021
While teaching solar physics this year, I was once again drawn in by the mystery of why the sun's corona is so inexplicably hot, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
8 December 2021
Funding cuts are undermining the scientific enterprise, impoverishing our attempts to discover the secrets of nature and share them widely, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
10 November 2021
There are good reasons to think that neutrinos have a shy cousin that could explain dark matter, but searches have so far come up empty, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
13 October 2021
The Hubble Space Telescope's journey to the sky was a bumpy one, but it was well worth the effort, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
15 September 2021
We like to think that science can give us definitive answers to our questions, but uncertainty is a crucial part of the scientific process, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
18 August 2021
The night sky has wowed people since the dawn of time, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to get a good view, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
23 June 2021
We once thought the big bang was a single moment, but physicists are now settling on a different version of events, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
26 May 2021
The explosions of supernovae are so powerful they can be seen with the naked eye. The physics behind them is harder to uncover, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
28 April 2021
Recent experiments hint that there may be particles that we have yet to discover, but there could be a different explanation too, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
