91av

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Columnist

Bio

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is an associate professor of physics and astronomy, and a core faculty member in women's studies at the University of New Hampshire. Her research in theoretical physics focuses on cosmology, neutron stars and particles beyond the standard model.

More from Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Explore the latest news, articles and features

Physics

Why the universe can be described by the equations of fluids

Physics

How every galaxy comes from quantum fluctuations billions of years ago

Humans

Together scientists can back Black Lives Matter and boost race justice

Physics

Does a halo of mysterious dark matter swirl around every galaxy?

Physics

Why the vast emptiness of space isn’t really that empty after all

Environment

Climate change and big tech are jeopardising the future of astronomy

Physics

Could we jump into a wormhole to save us from the world at present?

Physics

Why dark matter should be called something else

Space

Elements from the universe’s earliest stars gave birth to our sun

Physics

Why neutrinos are the strangest particles in the Standard Model

Physics

We still don’t understand a basic fact about the universe

Space

The atmosphere gets in the way of the universe’s most amazing objects