Deepa Jain

Deepa Jain

Live Science contributor

Deepa Jain is a freelance science writer from Bengaluru, India. Her educational background consists of a master's degree in biology from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, and an almost-completed bachelor's degree in archaeology from the University of Leicester, UK. She enjoys writing about astronomy, the natural world and archaeology. 

Articles by: Deepa Jain

Uranus.

Uranus and Neptune aren't made of what we thought, new study hints

By Deepa Jain published

A study suggests the ice giants Uranus and Neptune aren't quite as watery as previously thought. They may also contain huge amounts of frozen methane, potentially solving the puzzle of how they formed.

This illustration depicts asteroid Phaethon being heated by the Sun. The asteroid’s surface gets so hot that sodium inside Phaethon’s rock likely vaporizes and vents into space, causing it to brighten like a comet and form a tail.

The Geminid meteors may be 10 times older than we thought, simulations of oddball asteroid Phaethon suggest

By Deepa Jain published

The comet-like asteroid Phaethon likely lobbed thousands of rocky fragments toward Earth while rapidly spinning around the sun 18,000 years ago, new research suggests ― and it may fling some more soon.

Unknown planet beyond our solar system.

5 Earth-like worlds may lurk in the outer reaches of the solar system, simulations suggest

By Deepa Jain published

The young sun may have captured several Mars- or Mercury-size exoplanets that now orbit in the outer reaches of the solar system, but identifying them will be extremely challenging.

This computer-simulated image shows a supermassive black hole at the core of a galaxy.

Tiny black holes from the dawn of time may be altering our planet's orbit, new study suggests

By Deepa Jain published

A study suggests primordial black holes may make planets and moons near us wobble. If measured experimentally, this will provide the first concrete proof such objects exist.

Aerial view of Barringer crater (meteor impact) in Arizona.

Barringer Crater may have been formed by a cosmic 'curveball,' asteroid simulations show

By Deepa Jain published

Asteroids with different spins and bonding strengths may be responsible for the vast variety of impact craters on Earth, including Arizona's Barringer Crater, new simulations show.