Ramin Skibba

Science Writer, San Diego

Ramin Skibba is the space writer at Wired magazine. Previously an astrophysicist, his science writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Slate, Scientific American and Nature, among others. He is based in San Diego.

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A rugged rock formation on Mars with layered, eroded surfaces and a small boulder perched on top under a dusty orange sky.

essaySpace exploration

Decolonising the cosmos

Instead of treating Mars and the Moon as sites of conquest and settlement, we need a radical new ethics of space exploration

Ramin Skibba

Astronomical photo of a detailed galaxy with numerous stars and a bright core at the bottom left. The background is mostly black.

essayAstronomy

Does dark matter exist?

Dark matter is the most ubiquitous thing physicists have never found: it’s time to consider alternative explanations

Ramin Skibba

An astronaut with floating hair gazing out from the window of a space station at Earth and its clouds.

ideaSpace exploration

How to optimise your headspace on a mission to Mars

Ramin Skibba

$Image of Europa’s icy surface taken by a space probe, showing reddish-brown ridges and fractures against a greenish background.$

ideaSpace exploration

To find aliens, we must think of life as we don’t know it

Ramin Skibba