Stories by Ben Turner

Ben Turner is a U.K. based staff writer at Live Science.

The first true-color image of Mars generated using the OSIRIS orange (red), green and blue color filters.

MarsAugust 14, 2024

Mars Hides Colossal Ocean Deep Below Its Surface

An underground Martian ocean could hold enough liquid to cover the Red Planet with a mile of water

Ben Turner, LiveScience

An image of the cloud-filled stratosphere from space.

WeatherMay 17, 2023

Bizarre, Unexplained Rumblings in Earth’s Atmosphere Puzzle Scientists

Solar-powered balloons detected strange, ultra-low-frequency rumblings in Earth’s stratosphere that, so far, scientists can’t identify

Ben Turner, LiveScience

A computer rendering of China's new Tiangong space station as seen from orbit.

Space ExplorationNovember 3, 2022

Chinese Rocket Will Crash to Earth on November 5: Here’s What We Know

Yet another Chinese rocket is set to tumble uncontrollably back to Earth this week

Ben Turner, LiveScience

Joro spider against pink background

EcologyMarch 7, 2022

Millions of Palm-Sized Flying Spiders Could Invade the East Coast

A huge invasive spider from East Asia that swarmed Georgia could soon take over most of the U.S. East Coast, a new study has revealed

Ben Turner, LiveScience

Chunk of ice calved from the western side of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica

EarthMay 20, 2021

World’s Largest Iceberg Breaks Off of Antarctica

The chunk of ice is larger than the state of Rhode Island

Ben Turner, LiveScience