Marina Koren
Before joining in 2015, Marina was a politics and breaking-news reporter at National Journal. She has written for Smithsonian magazine, Psychology Today, Popular Mechanics, and other publications. At The Atlantic, Marina writes about science, with a focus on space exploration.
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Daniel Zender / The Atlantic; Getty Elon Musk Is Spiraling
One Elon is a visionary; the other is a troll. The more he tweets, the harder it gets to tell them apart.
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ESA / NASA / CSA Astronomers Were Not Expecting This
Newly discovered galaxies are scrambling our story of the universe.
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Simon Bruty / Allsport / Getty A New Age of UFO Mania
Escalating from grainy videos of so-called aliens to fighter jets blowing things out of the sky will only fuel America’s obsession.
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NASA The Most Mysterious Part of the Moon Isn’t Where You Think
Forget the far side and consider the lunar poles.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Chinese Balloon and the Disappointing Reality of UFOs
Most strange sights in the sky have a very terrestrial explanation.
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Daniele Castellano The Existential Wonder of Space
How old will you be when Halley’s Comet comes back? When people walk on Mars? When we explore Jupiter’s mysterious, icy moon?
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Matt Chase / The Atlantic; Getty Asteroid Measurements Make No Sense
Is this space rock the size of a train car or 22 penguins?
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There’s Snow on Mars
And it would be strangely beautiful to behold.
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SpaceX / Getty Our Strange New Era of Space Travel
Humans last set foot on the moon 50 years ago. Now we’re going back, but the way we explore space has gone through some big changes.
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NASA / JPL-Caltech If You Must Cry Over a Space Robot, Make It This One
NASA’s InSight mission was the little lander that kinda, mostly could.
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NASA / JPL-Caltech / University of Arizona The Luckiest Rover
Well, well, well! Look what the Martian wind blew in.
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NASA NASA’s Plan to Bounce People Off the Atmosphere
An uncrewed capsule has circled the moon and made a historic plunge on its way home.
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NASA / Corbis / Getty Seeing Earth From Space Will Change You
The question is how.
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ScreenProd / Alamy The Most Overhyped Space Movie
2001: A Space Odyssey is prescient, beautiful, and entirely unsatisfactory.
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Gregg Newton / AFP / Getty NASA’s Overshadowed Moon Launch
After a successful takeoff, a crewless capsule is on its way to the moon. Where’s the fanfare?
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Getty; The Atlantic Everyone Has an Octopus Opinion
Deciphering the behavior of cephalopods can be messy.
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Mark McCaughrean and Sam Pearson of the European … The Infinite Possibilities in a Tiny Smudge From Outer Space
Astronomers have captured a poignant view of another planetary system in the making.
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NASA The Russian Space Program Is Falling Back to Earth
The storied space superpower was already stalling. Then came the Ukraine war.
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NASA / SWRI / MSSS / Jason Perry There’s Hope for Life on Europa, a Distant Moon
Beneath its frozen surface could be a salty ocean—and maybe a comfortable home for small life forms.
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NASA Well, That’s One Way to Save a Space Telescope From Falling Back to Earth
The beloved Hubble observatory could get the SpaceX treatment.
