Ben Turner
Ben Turner is a U.K. based staff writer at Live Science. He covers physics and astronomy, among other topics like weird animals and climate change. He graduated from University College London with a degree in particle physics before training as a journalist. When he's not writing, Ben enjoys reading literature, playing the guitar and embarrassing himself with chess.
Latest articles by Ben Turner
Footage of hypersonic metallic UFO shown by Pentagon officials at historic hearing
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Pentagon officials speaking at the first public hearing on UFOs since the 1960s have shown previously classified footage of an unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP).
Why have aliens never visited Earth? Scientists have a disturbing answer
By Ben Turner published
Aliens could be forced to give up cosmic expansion to avoid catastrophe.
World's most powerful heavy-ion collider to go online this week
By Ben Turner published
The collider cost $730 million and is many decades in the making
'Potentially hazardous' asteroid twice the size of the Empire State Building will skim past Earth Thursday, NASA says
By Ben Turner published
A gigantic "potentially hazardous" asteroid that may be twice the size of the Empire State Building is set to zoom past Earth Thursday (April 28), according to NASA.
The sun has blasted Mercury with a plasma wave
By Ben Turner published
The wave likely scoured the surface of the weakly magnetic planet.
Strange new type of solar wave defies physics
By Ben Turner published
Scientists think this could also help to explain mysterious phenomena on Earth.
Scientists capture image of bizarre 'electron ice' for the first time
By Ben Turner last updated
Wigner crystals have been theorized for more than 80 years, but this is the first time the elusive crystals have been captured in an image.
Satellite images show fires and rubble in Mariupol after devastating Russian attack
By Ben Turner published
Over 2,500 civilians have been killed in the 10 days of the city's siege, Ukrainian officials say.
Mysterious new substance possibly discovered inside Earth's core
By Ben Turner published
Earth's inner core may be filled with a weird substance that is neither solid nor liquid, according to a new study.
Record-breaking winds blast Europe in the worst storm in decades
By Ben Turner published
Although the storm is severe, scientists caution against linking it with climate change.
NASA asteroid detector 'looks up' to scan entire sky every 24 hours
By Ben Turner published
The addition of two southern hemisphere telescopes will enable ATLAS to do full sky scans.
'X particle' from the dawn of time detected inside the Large Hadron Collider
By Ben Turner published
The particle was found by smashing billions of lead atoms into each other at extreme speeds.
Saturn's 'Death Star' moon could have a secret underground ocean
By Ben Turner published
Scientists have found "compelling evidence" that Saturn's "Death Star" moon is hiding an ocean just beneath its surface, furthering the search for possible life in our solar system.
40 quintillion stellar-mass black holes are lurking in the universe, new study finds
By Ben Turner published
The researchers hope to use the estimate to figure out the mystery of how supermassive black holes came to be.
China builds 'artificial moon' for gravity experiment
By Ben Turner published
The test chamber will enable scientists to test technologies and structures on Earth before sending them to the moon.
China's $1 trillion 'artificial sun' fusion reactor just got five times hotter than the sun
By Ben Turner published
China's "artificial sun" has set a new world record after reaching temperatures five times hotter than the sun.
Imaginary numbers could be needed to describe reality, new studies find
By Ben Turner published
Theories based only on real numbers are incapable of explaining the results of this new experiment.
NASA is tracking two explorers across Antarctica to prepare humans for Mars
By Ben Turner published
NASA is tracking two explorers on a 2,268-mile (3,650 kilometers) journey across Antarctica to learn more about humanity's ability to survive on Mars.
UN confirms hottest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic
By Ben Turner published
The UN says temperatures were "more befitting the Mediterranean than the Arctic."
Physicists create new state of matter from quantum soup of magnetically weird particles
By Ben Turner published
The messy quantum soup of spin states allows for quantum entanglement across an entire material.
'Potentially hazardous' asteroid worth nearly $5 billion will pass by Earth this week, NASA says
By Ben Turner published
The mineral-rich asteroid has an estimated worth of $4.71 billion.
Weird quantum effect that can turn matter invisible finally demonstrated
By Ben Turner published
The effect, called Pauli blocking, has been predicted for 30 years. Scientists just proved it for the first time.
Ultrahot 'superionic' ice is a new state of matter
By Ben Turner published
To create the ice, the scientists had to squeeze a water droplet to 3.5 million times Earth's atmospheric pressure and heat it hotter than the sun.