Anita Chandran
Physicist
Anita Chandran is a physicist, science writer, and editor based in London.
Recent articles by Anita Chandran
The Giant Magellan Telescope 25.4m wide mirror will be tasked with exploring the cosmos
If dark matter is everywhere, why do some galaxies seem to contain none at all?
What does it mean to find a galaxy without dark matter, or with very little of it?
Scientists may have solved the Sun's biggest mystery: why its outside is hotter than its inside
Has one of the biggest mysteries about the Sun finally been solved?
How do you build a rover to hunt for water on the Moon? We asked a NASA roboticist
NASA has begun constructing its VIPER rover, which will hunt for ice and other potential resources at the Moon’s south pole
Webb Telescope may have uncovered ancient stars powered by dark matter
Dark stars are candidates for the first stars that formed in the Universe, powered by dark matter.
Webb Space Telescope detects complex organic molecules in the distant early Universe
Complex organic molecules found in distant galaxy 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang.
How we found a 'Tatooine' world with two Suns
The story of exoplanet BEBOP-1c, a 'Tatooine' world that orbits two suns.
Saturn's rings will probably disappear in a few hundred million years
What are Saturn's rings made of, why are they disappearing and how long will they last?
Merging galaxies could be responsible for powerful black hole objects known as quasars
Quasars are hungry monsters at the heart of galaxies, but the origins of these powerful objects have long been a mystery
What the Webb Telescope's 'Universe breaker' galaxies can tell us about the early cosmos
Researchers discovered ‘Universe breakers’ in JWST images, massive galaxies that existed way before current theories predicted
Isaac Newton: life and discoveries of the great British scientist
A look at the life of one of history’s most famous astronomers