Doris Elin Urrutia
Doris is a science journalist and Space.com contributor. She received a B.A. in Sociology and Communications at Fordham University in New York City. Her first work was published in collaboration with London Mining Network, where her love of science writing was born. Her passion for astronomy started as a kid when she helped her sister build a model solar system in the Bronx. She got her first shot at astronomy writing as a Space.com editorial intern and continues to write about all things cosmic for the website. Doris has also written about microscopic plant life for Scientific American’s website and about whale calls for their print magazine. She has also written about ancient humans for Inverse, with stories ranging from how to recreate Pompeii’s cuisine to how to map the Polynesian expansion through genomics. She currently shares her home with two rabbits. Follow her on twitter at @salazar_elin.
Latest articles by Doris Elin Urrutia
Cyber Monday augmented reality globe deal: Save 31% on this interactive Orboot Earth by PlayShifu
By Doris Elin Urrutia last updated
Deals This globe lets kids get introduced to our world with hundreds of interactive icons that come to life with a smart device.
This rechargeable National Geographic Power Rocket for kids is 13% off for Cyber Monday
By Doris Elin Urrutia published
Deals You can save 13% on this rechargeable National Geographic Power Rocket, which uses a rotors for both launch and landing, this Cyber Monday.
Save up to 40% in this Cyber Monday deal on the BBC Doctor Who HiFive Inventor Coding Kit
By Doris Elin Urrutia published
Deals Searching for code learning Cyber Monday deals? Consider the BBC Doctor Who HiFive Inventor Coding Kit.
Space-themed board game Terraforming Mars and its expansion sets are now on sale for Black Friday
By Doris Elin Urrutia published
Deals Snag up a popular spacefaring game and five of its expansion boards now on sale and get savings as high as 33% this week ahead of Black Friday.
This NASA-inspired Apollo board game is now 50% off for Black Friday
By Doris Elin Urrutia published
Deals This NASA-inspired board game is now 50% off at Target.
Save 40% on the Lego BrickHeadz Star Wars Building Kit featuring The Mandalorian and The Child
By Doris Elin Urrutia published
Deals Fans of the "Star Wars" spinoff series "The Mandalorian" can now enjoy assembling their own Lego BrickHeadz display model versions of the show's title character and The Child (aka Baby Yoda).
Black Friday deal: Save 20% on the Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar at Walmart
By Doris Elin Urrutia last updated
Deals Kids who are fans of The Mandalorian and the "Star Wars" universe can enjoy counting down the days to Christmas with their favorite characters.
Meet LICIACube, the small but mighty spacecraft that will watch NASA's epic DART asteroid crash
By Doris Elin Urrutia last updated
The small LICIACube spacecraft will watch its robotic colleague, NASA's DART mission, smash into an asteroid and sending the footage back to Earth.
NASA has selected new space telescope project to study Milky Way's evolution
By Doris Elin Urrutia published
NASA has picked a new telescope to head into space, where it will peer out in search of the most powerful light emissions made in the universe.
New 'Arids' meteor shower spotted from the Southern Hemisphere
By Doris Elin Urrutia published
A new meteor shower began outbursting last week and astronomers expect its main peak to happen in the next few days.
Hubble telescope spots celestial 'eye,' a galaxy with an incredibly active core
By Doris Elin Urrutia published
A cosmic hurricane shows its 'eye' in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.
900-year-old Chinese supernova mystery points to strange nebula
By Doris Elin Urrutia published
In the year 1181 AD, a new bright point of light as luminous as the planet Saturn appeared to Chinese and Japanese skygazers for a little more than six months before disappearing.
Vibrant globular cluster sparkles in new Hubble telescope photo
By Doris Elin Urrutia published
The famous telescope peered into the constellation Sagittarius to view this gorgeous assortment of candy-colored stars.
Watch a supermassive black hole fest in mesmerizing new simulation (video)
By Doris Elin Urrutia published
There's no consensus yet on how supermassive black holes form, but a new mesmerizing simulation is taking a crack at that question like never before.
Intuitive Machines picks SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch its moon lander for NASA
By Doris Elin Urrutia published
A Houston-based company that NASA selected to ferry upcoming lunar experiments to the moon has hired SpaceX to launch its lunar landing mission.
Astronomers peer at 'layer cake' levels of a would-be star to understand super Jupiters
By Doris Elin Urrutia published
Our cosmic block is full of neighbors that we know very little about, but scientists have come up with creative ways to get a peak at the layers of one particular type of planet.
Stellar pulses are transformed into a celestial symphony
By Doris Elin Urrutia published
A new NASA video showcases the whirring symphony of stars in our cosmic neighborhood.
A space laser is tracking subglacial lakes hidden in Antarctica
By Doris Elin Urrutia published
A NASA satellite in space that shoots a laser beam down to Earth has spotted still more subsurface lakes sandwiched between Antarctica's land and ice.
Look up! Saturn shines bright, shows off rings as it reaches opposition.
By Doris Elin Urrutia published
Starting Monday (Aug. 2), you can find Saturn shining in the sky as part of a celestial phenomenon called opposition.
Meet SuperBIT, the next-generation space telescope that rides above the clouds on a balloon
By Doris Elin Urrutia published
A new type of space telescope could soar high above Earth's clouds to view the universe in a more environmentally-friendly and upgradable way than current technologies.
Amateur astronomer discovers a tiny moon around Jupiter
By Doris Elin Urrutia published
An amateur astronomer has discovered a previously unknown moon around Jupiter after poring over old telescope images, a major first.
14 years of solar eclipse chasing (and counting): a team travels the world to study solar wind
By Doris Elin Urrutia published
The solar system is bathing in a sea of charged particles that emanate from the sun, and one research team spent 14 years chasing solar eclipses to learn more about this stellar spray.
NASA launches 'Mission Equity' to evaluate barriers for underserved communities
By Doris Elin Urrutia published
The public feedback will help NASA conduct a thorough review of its programs, practices, and policies, according to agency officials.
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