Stories by Clara Moskowitz

The larger a cell type is, the rarer it is in the body—and vice versa—a new study shows

Reproducing in space is just one of many reasons we should delay settlements beyond Earth

A new study calculated the average “global human day,” revealing which activities take up most of our time

Experts weigh in on the most shocking, paradigm-shifting and delightful findings in the history of physics

The OSIRIS-REx mission will return samples from the asteroid Bennu that could rewrite our solar system’s history

Neutrinos are bizarre and ubiquitous and may just break the rules of physics

Magnetic fields help to explain why some stars are spinning more slowly than astronomers thought they should

Two SciAm editors duke it out to see if wormholes and multiverses could in fact exist.

Jupiter shines in images made by citizen scientists using data from NASA’s Juno probe

When it comes to dog traits, genetics-based lineages are more telling than human-made categories

The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) and Europa Clipper missions will search for signs of habitability on three of Jupiter’s potentially ocean-bearing moons.

Researchers used an artificial tongue to understand how chocolate changes from a solid to a smooth emulsion

Vera Rubin went from a teenager with a cardboard telescope to the “mother of dark matter.” Some of her colleagues and mentees weigh in on her fascinating life and how she was a champion for women in astronomy.

In the inaugural episode of Cosmos, Quickly, we blast off with Lt. Gen. Nina Armagno of the Space Force, who is charged with protecting our space in space, particularly from Russia and China.

Spring’s burst of brightness comes before chloroplasts grow and mature

New experiments can re-create the young cosmos, when it was a mash of fundamental particles, more precisely than ever before

By using one of the most complicated and powerful machines on the planet, scientists have found a way to glimpse back to the very beginning of time itself.

Science might be redefining what “life out there” really means.

For a long time, no one knew how “heavy metals” formed—or showed up on Earth. Now some new evidence finally points the way to an answer.

Math made a splash this year. Here’s a look at the fascinating discoveries, mind-bending quests and important events in mathematics in 2022

How the JWST’s cosmic images are made

The Gaia satellite is making the most detailed and complete map of the stars in our galaxy

These new views of familiar space sights reveal details never before seen

The James Webb Space Telescope has sparked a new era in astronomy