Doris Elín Urrutia
Doris is a news writer at Inverse covering Space.
She previously worked at Inverse as a contributor, writing stories that bridged archaeological and paleontological discoveries with modern life. She has written about astronomy and spaceflight for Space.com and on marine life for Scientific American.
Doris is a bilingual Spanish speaker, and has adored science and storytelling since her childhood days growing up with her South American immigrant parents in the Bronx, NY. When she isn't writing about science, she spends time with her rabbit.
Aurora Alert! The Sun Just Unleashed Several X-Class Flares — Here’s Where to Look
Earlier this week, the Sun unleashed several X-class flares.
Astronomers Just Confirmed the Presence of Carbon Dioxide On Pluto’s Moon Charon — Where Did it Come From?
Pluto's moon Charon is named after the ferryman of the Underworld, and for good reason.
Bronze Age Mummy With 3,600-Year-Old Cheese Helped Uncover Our Forgotten Relationship With Dairy
Behold the oldest cheese ever discovered.
Shells of Ancient Ice Age Marine Life Suggest A Common Weather Phenomenon Is About to Get Much Worse
These tiny shells are speaking volumes about climate change and El Niño.
Earth Is Just Days Away From Gaining A “Mini-Moon” — Meet Asteroid 2024 PT5
This asteroid is making a 57-day pit stop at Earth.
This Iconic Feature in van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” Contains A Strange Physics Phenomenon
“The Starry Night” is art and science in harmony.
Look! ESA and JAXA Captured the Dramatic Craters On Mercury’s Surface In Unprecedented Detail
The tiniest planet in the Solar System is also one its most elusive.
30 Years Ago, NASA Tested This Bizarre Safety Backpack To Keep Astronauts From Getting Lost In Space
Spacewalking is amazing yet incredibly dangerous.
A Rare Celestial Phenomenon Will Be Visible On This Week’s Super Harvest Moon
Soon, the Moon will put on quite the show.
The Starliner Mission Was Very Successful In This One Important Way
Dock, dock, dock ... no goose.
Would Starliner Have Safely Brought Its Astronauts Home After All?
Starliner landed without issue — and of course without the two astronauts it took up to the ISS.
How Boeing’s Starliner Will Make the Epic Journey Back to Earth Without Astronauts Onboard
Starliner may land as early as Saturday.
Inside the Tense Decision Between NASA and Boeing to Send Starliner Home Alone
“The teams were very split," one senior NASA official said Wednesday.
Physicists Are Closer Than Ever to Creating A Nuclear Clock That Could Change Physics Forever
This clock could run for billions of years and not lose a second.
Exclusive: Inside the Quest to Create the First-Ever Movie of A Black Hole
First we got black hole images. Soon, we may see black hole motion pictures.
A Reusable SpaceX Rocket Booster Just Utterly Malfunctioned
A reusable SpaceX rocket booster met its end, and now the FAA is investigating.
The Event Horizon Telescope Just Made A Major Breakthrough — Black Holes Can Now Be Seen in ‘Color Vision’
The team that delivered the first-ever image of a black hole is getting more ambitious.
A ‘Speckling of Stars’ At the Edge of the Milky Way Is Still Puzzling Astronomers
Leo A is small, dim and young.
NASA’s Stranded Astronauts Have Another Major Problem — This Time With Their Spacesuits
The Boeing Starliner saga continues.
An Ancient Magma Ocean Once Covered the Moon, India’s Pragyan Lunar Rover Reveals
The Moon was probably once a gooey ball.
