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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Getty; NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI; … Don’t Feel Bad About Falling for the Viral Space Chorizo
An assortment of celestial objects can sometimes resemble cured meats.
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NASA / GSFC / Arizona State University The Coziest Spot on the Moon
A shadowy cave at the bottom of a lunar pit might not sound like a nice spot, but it’s more comfortable than the surface.
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The Atlantic; Brian Dominiecki / EyeEm / Getty; … The Webb Space Telescope Is a Time Machine
The new observatory may have found the most ancient starlight we’ve ever seen—and it’s only the beginning.
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Ricky Vigil / Getty There Is a Planet With Clouds Made of Sand
The James Webb Space Telescope’s new observations of exoplanet atmospheres are quietly thrilling.
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Getty; The Atlantic Seriously, What’s Making All These Mysterious Space Signals?
In astronomy, the study of fast radio bursts can sometimes feel like a game of Clue.
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NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI The Coolest Space Picture I’ve Ever Seen
Seen through the James Webb Space Telescope, the Carina Nebula is positively bursting with stuff.
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NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI This Is the Picture Astronomers Have Been Waiting For
The James Webb Space Telescope’s debut is dazzling—and only the beginning.
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Canadian Space Agency / NASA / FGS Astronomers Haven’t Been This Giddy in Years
The James Webb Space Telescope’s first full-color images, set to be released in days, will signal the start of a new era in space science.
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NASA / JPL-Caltech / ASU / MSSS We’ve Never Seen Mars Quite Like This
The planet is looking extra sharp in photo dispatches from NASA’s newest rover.
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David Higginbotham / NASA Our Powerful, Shiny New Space Telescope Got Its First Upsetting Ding
There are micrometeoroids, and then there are email-your-boss-on-vacation micrometeoroids.
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Getty; The Atlantic Now Even NASA Wants to Talk About UFOs
The world’s top space agency has decided to lean into the discussion.
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JPL / NASA We Don’t Know Neptune at All
You know, the planet?
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NASA What Really Happens When Mercury Is in Retrograde
The first planet from the sun would like to be excluded from this narrative.
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Getty; The Atlantic What the UFO Discussion Really Needs
Some context.
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Event Horizon Telescope Behold, the Bottomless Pit Holding Everything Together
Astronomers have captured the Milky Way’s supermassive, mysterious abyss, 27,000 light-years from Earth.
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Getty; Paul Spella / The Atlantic Mars’s Soundscape Is Strangely Beautiful
Microphones have captured the whirring and pings of a hard-working rover—and the rush of a gentle Martian wind.
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Alamy; The Atlantic Elon Musk Already Showed Us How He’ll Run Twitter
For a hint at how Twitter will fare under its new owner, consider how he operates his other enterprises.
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H. Richer / ESA / NASA The Cutest Thermonuclear Explosion in the Universe
Astronomers have captured evidence of a “micronova” on a certain kind of star.
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JPL / NASA Remember Uranus?
You know, the seventh planet from the sun? It could use some attention.
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Patrick Pleul / Getty Will Elon Musk Go Full Future-of-Civilization on Twitter?
Of all the things Musk says are good for humanity, this one is not like the others.
