Stories by Marcus Woo

Stellar Smashups May Fuel Planetary Habitability, Study Suggests

Radioactive elements produced by colliding neutron stars could make the difference between living and lifeless worlds

Contrary to a popular hypothesis, pro-social religions didn’t kick-start complex social systems

The way worlds form from dust may also explain other phenomena throughout the universe—and right here on Earth

A unique signature in gravitational wave observations could show that hypothetical tunnels through space-time actually exist