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
Watch this stunning Starforge simulation of a star being born
By Ben Turner published
Astrophysicists are using the simulation to learn how stars form, how they arrange themselves into galaxies, and how the heavy elements that are vital to complex life are forged.
More accurate clocks may add more disorder to the universe, scientists say
By Ben Turner published
The researchers found the result by studying a tiny, jiggling membrane. Their experiment could lay the groundwork for further tests of the laws of thermodynamics at the tiniest scales.
Astronomers chart invisible ocean of dark matter swirling outside the Milky Way
By Ben Turner published
Astronomers are hoping to use the wake of stars to test the existing theories of dark matter.
World's 1st multinode quantum network is a breakthrough for the quantum internet
By Ben Turner published
Researchers say the new network will be unhackable and able to coordinate systems to unprecedented levels. Many of the deeper implications, however, cannot be foreseen.
Space junk is blocking our view of the stars, scientists say
By Ben Turner published
The increasing number of satellites and space debris orbiting Earth could prevent astronomers from making crucial discoveries.
A tiny, wobbling muon just shook particle physics to its core
By Ben Turner published
But this may not be the end of the story.
Antimatter cooled to near absolute zero by laser beam
By Ben Turner published
The scientists trapped the antimatter in a magnetic field to stop it from annihilating, before blasting it with a cooling laser.
Scientists unlock the 'Cosmos' on the Antikythera Mechanism, the world's first computer
By Ben Turner published
Scientists may have finally made a complete digital model for the Cosmos panel of a 2,000-year-old mechanical device called the Antikythera mechanism that's believed to be the world's first computer.