Emily Conover

Emily Conover

Senior Writer, Physics

Physics writer Emily Conover joined Science News in 2016. She has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago, where she studied the weird ways of neutrinos, tiny elementary particles that can zip straight through the Earth. She got her first taste of science writing as a AAAS Mass Media Fellow for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. She has previously written for Science Magazine and the American Physical Society. She is a two-time winner of the D.C. Science Writers’ Association Newsbrief award.

All Stories by Emily Conover

  1. Materials Science

    Skyrmions open a door to next-level data storage

    Skyrmions are tiny magnetic swirls that are hard to undo and may be perfect for miniaturizing electronics.

  2. Physics

    Laser experiment hints at weird in-between ice

    Scientists spot signs of an unusual phase of water called superionic ice.

  3. Physics

    Gravity doesn’t leak into large, hidden dimensions

    Gravitational waves from a recently observed neutron star merger offer no evidence of large, unknown dimensions.

  4. Particle Physics

    Clumps of dark matter could be lurking undetected in our galaxy

    Dark matter, assumed to form featureless blobs, might clump together into smaller objects.

  5. Astronomy

    The X-ray glow keeps growing after the recent neutron star collision

    X-rays from a neutron star collision have been getting brighter, and scientists are debating why.

  6. Astronomy

    Spaceships could use blinking dead stars to chart their way

    Timing signals from five pulsars allowed scientists to pinpoint an experiment’s place in space.

  7. Astronomy

    Trio of dead stars upholds a key part of Einstein’s theory of gravity

    A cosmic test fails to topple the strong equivalence principle.

  8. Astronomy

    See a 360-degree visualization of the center of the Milky Way

    A 360-degree simulation, made with data from several telescopes, shows the center of the Milky Way as seen from the galaxy’s supermassive black hole.

  9. Particle Physics

    Magnets with a single pole are still giving physicists the slip

    Using data from particle accelerators and dead stars, scientists eliminate some possible masses for magnetic monopoles.

  10. Physics

    A new kind of spiral wave embraces disorder

    Newly discovered spiral wave chimera is disordered in its center.

  11. Astronomy

    Our first interstellar visitor may be a camouflaged comet

    Originally thought to be a rocky asteroid, an interstellar traveler may have a comet’s icy heart.

  12. Astronomy

    This year’s neutron star collision unlocks cosmic mysteries

    A rare and long-awaited astronomical event united thousands of astronomers in a frenzy of observations.