Erika K. Carlson

How do magnetars get so magnetic? A study of stellar explosions shows that the long-accepted theory might be wrong.

While studying materials made from DNA-coated nanoparticles, researchers found a new form of this matter: lattices in which smaller particles roam like electrons in metallic bonds.

How do black holes merge and make gravitational waves? Maybe with a little help from their friends.

For the first time, researchers have created a scale model of the twisting loops of the sun’s magnetic field.