Mark is an award-winning journalist and the science editor at Mashable. After communicating science as a ranger with the National Park Service, he began a reporting career after seeing the extraordinary value in educating the public about the happenings in earth sciences, space, biodiversity, health, and beyond.
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By Mark Kaufman
NASA aims to land on the moon in 2 years. Why that won't happen.
Returning astronauts to the moon isn't easy.
By Mark Kaufman
NASA will land daring spacecraft on a world 800 million miles away
It's an unprecedented space odyssey.
By Mark Kaufman
NASA reveals hundreds of city-sized objects shooting light into space
They're lighthouses in the galaxy.
By Mark Kaufman
NASA shows Mars helicopter blades reaching blazing speed
Faster blades for extraterrestrial travel.
By Mark Kaufman
Fascinating things about the moon you didn't know
Our natural satellite is full of wonder.
By Mark Kaufman
The biggest asteroids to ever hit Earth were terrifying
Our planet had a violent past.
By Mark Kaufman
The Webb telescope just looked inside our galaxy's core. It's wild.
An unprecedented view.
By Mark Kaufman
NASA spacecraft spots Io's elusive volcanoes. A big question remains.
"We're seeing things that we have never seen before."
By Mark Kaufman
Why so many volcanoes seem to be erupting right now
This volcanic activity is not what it seems...
By Mark Kaufman
The internet says winter will be bad. Here's what the science says.
"Winter is coming."
By Mark Kaufman
Speeding NASA spacecraft finds a surprise within a surprise
"We never suspected anything so bizarre!"
By Mark Kaufman
Pioneering spacecraft's first images will leave you starstruck
"They are even more beautiful and sharp than we could have hoped for."
By Mark Kaufman
NASA spacecraft has high-speed asteroid encounter and finds surprise
A 10,000 mph space flyby.
By Mark Kaufman
Scientists reveal deadly Earth just after the dinosaur asteroid hit
A dark, merciless extinction.
By Mark Kaufman
You've got to see Webb telescope's eerie view of the Crab Nebula
1,000 years ago, a star left a cosmic masterpiece.
By Mark Kaufman
Webb telescope probes space explosion and makes fascinating discovery
Giant cosmic blasts forge the ingredients needed for life.
By Mark Kaufman
NASA spacecraft keeps on going faster and faster and faster
"Once it's going, it's going."
By Mark Kaufman
Scientists zoom in on Betelgeuse, show why it hasn't exploded yet
This red supergiant star is inching closer to its grand demise.
By Mark Kaufman
