Katia Moskvitch
A Short History of the Missing Universe
Reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine‘s Abstractions blog. The cosmos plays hide-and-seek. Sometimes, though, even when astronomers have a hunch for where their prey might hide, it can take them decades of searching to confirm it. The case of the universe’s missing matter—a case that appears to now be closed, as I reported earlier this month—is one such instance. […]
Why These Researchers Are Drawn to the World’s Edge
The joy and toll of doing remote science.