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Mark Kaufman

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. 

You can reach Mark at [email protected].

By Mark Kaufman
Webb telescope just snapped image of huge black hole gobbling things
By Mark Kaufman
An illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope viewing the cosmos from 1 million miles beyond Earth.
If aliens harnessed solar power, could we detect them? NASA investigated.
By Mark Kaufman
An artist's conception of an intelligent civilization on a distant exoplanet.
Mercury retrograde isn't what you think
By Mark Kaufman
The BepiColombo mission snapped this image of Mercury during a flyby in June 2023.
Spacecraft snaps image of ancient Mars lake bigger than any on Earth
By Mark Kaufman
An artist's conception of the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter flying above Mars.
A violent event occurred on Alaska's fat bear livestream
By Mark Kaufman
Bear 32, known as "Chunk," attacked a cub in a river at Katmai National Park and Preserve.
Scientists devised an unexpected use for the moon. It's a vault.
By Mark Kaufman
A view into the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which stores seeds from around the world.
Spacecraft travels to metal object orbiting Earth, snaps stunning views
By Mark Kaufman
A view of the large rocket debris captured by the Astroscale ADRAS-J spacecraft.
NASA says Earth just had the hottest day ever recorded
By Mark Kaufman
On July 22, Earth experienced the warmest daily global temperature ever recorded.
NASA rover finds major surprise on Mars — and scientists are excited
By Mark Kaufman
The Perseverance rover peering onto the Martian landscape.
This shark lives for centuries. Scientists discover how it resists aging.
By Mark Kaufman
A Greenland shark swimming in ocean.
Experts debunk Trump claim that wind energy is killing many U.S. birds
By Mark Kaufman
A crested caracara near a wind turbine in South Texas.
Webb telescope snapped photo of huge world — in a distant solar system
By Mark Kaufman
An illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope as it orbits the sun in our solar system, 1 million miles from Earth.
Yellowstone just had an explosion. What that means for the future.
By Mark Kaufman
Park rangers assessing damage from the hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone National Park.
Sun unleashes solar storm at Earth, U.S. may see brilliant aurora
By Mark Kaufman
The sun, nearing solar maximum, is producing lots of solar flares and other types of space weather.
NASA rover finds place where 'exciting' events occurred on Mars
By Mark Kaufman
The dust-covered Curiosity rover exploring the Martian surface.
Scientists discover fascinating tunnel on the moon
By Mark Kaufman
A pit, leading to a cave, in the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the moon.
NASA reveals how it will plunge the space station into Earth's ocean
By Mark Kaufman
The International Space Station as seen from NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2010.
NASA spacecraft just flew over 500 times the speed of sound
By Mark Kaufman
A conception of NASA's Parker Solar Probe speeding through the sun's outer atmosphere, or corona.
Freaky asteroids flew by Earth, and NASA captured footage
By Mark Kaufman
Asteroid 2024 MK recently passed Earth, and NASA used a powerful radar to capture images.
Feast your eyes on the stunning images spacecraft captured this year
By Mark Kaufman
A large piece of space debris imaged by the Astroscale ADRAS-J mission.
U.S. government plane snaps intense footage inside mighty Hurricane Beryl
By Mark Kaufman
A NOAA hurricane hunter craft flew through the eye of Hurricane Beryl on July 2, 2024.
Mars gets walloped by space rocks way more than scientists thought
By Mark Kaufman
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured an image of a fresh impact crater on Mars in 2013.
Aliens haven't contacted us. Scientists found a compelling reason why.
By Mark Kaufman
a robotic explorer finding evidence of intelligent life
NASA craft snaps unprecedented photo of largest volcano in solar system
By Mark Kaufman
An artist's conception of NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey craft orbiting the Red Planet.
Webb telescope makes discovery that was previously impossible
By Mark Kaufman
A spectacular view of galaxies captured by the James Webb Space Telescope in deep space, billions of light-years away.
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