Stories by Clara Moskowitz

Humans need around 30 vitamins and minerals to keep our bodies functioning

A new book by Penn and Kim Holderness seeks to correct misconceptions about ADHD and accentuate the plus side of the condition

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, a professional astronomer, talks about her own adventures in astrophotography—and offers tips and tricks for new amateur astronomers.

Kate Russo has seen 13 total solar eclipses, and even she isn't ready for this one.

Here’s how to pick a viewing spot, stay on top of the weather and pack the right gear to see the total solar eclipse on April 8

Total solar eclipses have set the stage for major scientific advancements—everything from the discovery of helium to the testing of Einstein’s general theory of relativity.

A team of researchers has an ambitious plan to capture the 2024 total solar eclipse like never before.

Sample-return missions have brought piles of moon rocks, plus pieces of asteroids, comets and even the sun back to Earth. Next up is the big prize: Mars

Our space and physics editors go head-to-head over a classic mind-bending question.

Experiments planned for the 2024 total solar eclipse aim to figure out how the sun works.

The moon helps us keep time, inspires religions and shapes science, yet it still keeps secrets from us.

The larger a cell type is, the rarer it is in the body—and vice versa—a new study shows

Reproducing in space is just one of many reasons we should delay settlements beyond Earth

A new study calculated the average “global human day,” revealing which activities take up most of our time

Experts weigh in on the most shocking, paradigm-shifting and delightful findings in the history of physics

The OSIRIS-REx mission will return samples from the asteroid Bennu that could rewrite our solar system’s history

Neutrinos are bizarre and ubiquitous and may just break the rules of physics

Magnetic fields help to explain why some stars are spinning more slowly than astronomers thought they should

Two SciAm editors duke it out to see if wormholes and multiverses could in fact exist.

When it comes to dog traits, genetics-based lineages are more telling than human-made categories

Jupiter shines in images made by citizen scientists using data from NASA’s Juno probe

The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) and Europa Clipper missions will search for signs of habitability on three of Jupiter’s potentially ocean-bearing moons.

Researchers used an artificial tongue to understand how chocolate changes from a solid to a smooth emulsion

Vera Rubin went from a teenager with a cardboard telescope to the “mother of dark matter.” Some of her colleagues and mentees weigh in on her fascinating life and how she was a champion for women in astronomy.