Skyler Ware

Skyler Ware

Live Science Contributor

Skyler Ware is a freelance science journalist covering chemistry, biology, paleontology and Earth science. She was a 2023 AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellow at Science News. Her work has also appeared in Science News Explores, ZME Science and Chembites, among others. Skyler has a Ph.D. in chemistry from Caltech.

Latest articles by Skyler Ware

earth's core divided into layers

Continent-size blobs in Earth's mantle are a billion years old, ancient crystals reveal

By Skyler Ware published

New research suggests that dark energy isn't needed to explain the acceleration in the expansion of the universe — instead suggesting giant voids in space are creating an illusion.

Earth
A map of the ocean seafloor

Satellites map Earth's ocean floors in unprecedented detail

By Skyler Ware published

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater volcanoes that were previously missed.

Earth
A large star is in the background and a red orb is in front. There's an even smaller darker orb in front of that.

What is the 3-body problem, and is it really unsolvable?

By Skyler Ware published

The three-body problem is a physics conundrum that has boggled scientists since Isaac Newton's day. But what is it, why is it so hard to solve and is the sci-fi series of the same name really possible?

The Universe
a white spiral of stars and gas in space

Does the Milky Way orbit anything?

By Skyler Ware published

Do galaxies, including our own Milky Way, orbit anything in the universe?

Galaxies