In a Fierce Desert, Microbe ‘Crusts’ Show How Life Tamed the Land

Extreme microorganisms carpeting the Atacama Desert in Chile illuminate how life might have first taken hold…

The Tiny Physics Behind Immense Cosmic Eruptions

A new theory describes how particle interactions fuel fast magnetic reconnection, the process behind solar flares…

The Big Bang’s Afterglow Reveals Invisible Cosmic Structures

Scientists are using secondary signatures from the cosmic microwave background to map the universe’s hidden matter.