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Mark Kaufman

Mark is an award-winning journalist and the science editor at Mashable. After working as a ranger with the National Park Service, he started a reporting career after seeing the extraordinary value in educating people about the happenings on Earth, and beyond.

He's descended 2,500 feet into the ocean depths in search of the sixgill shark, ventured into the halls of top R&D laboratories, and interviewed some of the most fascinating scientists in the world.

You can reach Mark at [email protected].

Latest From Mark Kaufman
The creepiest skulls ever seen in space
By Mark Kaufman
Asteroid 2015 TB145, which looks similar to a skull, once passed within 302,000 miles of Earth.
Scientists witness stunning, unprecedented carnage in the ocean
By Mark Kaufman
An Atlantic cod swimming in the dark ocean.
NASA rover climbs daunting slope, views its remarkable Mars adventure
By Mark Kaufman
The Perseverance rover peering onto the Martian landscape.
NASA reveals new moon landing sites. They're dark and uncharted.
By Mark Kaufman
An artist's conception of Blue Origin's moon lander on the lunar surface.
A colossal asteroid once boiled the oceans. It also did the unexpected.
By Mark Kaufman
An artist's conception of a large space rock colliding with Earth.
A deep sea expedition is filming jaw-dropping footage
By Mark Kaufman
A giant group of crabs filmed 1,350 feet below the surface in San Antonio Canyon.
One of humanity's best telescopes snapped a stunning image of deep space
By Mark Kaufman
The Gemini North telescope atop Hawaii’s lofty volcano Mauna Kea.
The most fascinating star in our sky inches closer to exploding
By Mark Kaufman
The red supergiant star Betelgeuse, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Webb telescope spots extremely bright objects. They shouldn't be there.
By Mark Kaufman
An artist's depiction shows how a quasar, which is the extremely bright core of a galaxy, unleashes torrents of energy from its central black hole.
Huge NASA spacecraft is flying to a perilous part of the solar system
By Mark Kaufman
A conception of the Europa Clipper spacecraft flying by the Jovian moon, Europa, with dominant Jupiter in the distance.
The sun will be really 'stormy' for the next year, NASA says
By Mark Kaufman
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory snapped this view of a powerful solar flare in October 2024.
NASA's new moon suits are revealed. They must resist -334 F temperatures.
By Mark Kaufman
A conception of astronauts working on the moon's surface.
Webb telescope just snapped view of a distant world before it disappears
By Mark Kaufman
A NASA conception of a gas exoplanet orbiting a star in another solar system.
En route to an asteroid, spacecraft snaps ghostly views of Earth
By Mark Kaufman
An artist's conception of the European Space Agency's Hera craft traveling through the solar system.
SpaceX just launched a huge NASA craft. It's headed to an ocean world.
By Mark Kaufman
A conception of NASA's Europa Clipper approaching the ice-covered world, Europa.
NASA video shows spacecraft's wild ride around ocean world
By Mark Kaufman
An artist's conception of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft flying above the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa.
NASA spacecraft flies over gullies on Mars. They could host pools.
By Mark Kaufman
A conception of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter flying above Mars.
SpaceX plans to launch this space station. It looks futuristic.
By Mark Kaufman
A conception of a person floating aboard the Haven-1 space station capsule.
NASA just found unexpected loads of water ice on the moon
By Mark Kaufman
A NASA conception of future astronauts working on the lunar surface.
Hurricane Milton live cams: See Tampa Bay webcams as landfall nears
By Mark Kaufman
Hurricane Milton approaching Florida on Oct. 8, 2024.
Plane flies into Hurricane Milton, captures turbulent footage
By Mark Kaufman
A view from NOAA's WP-3D Orion aircraft as it flew through Hurricane Milton on Oct. 8, 2024.
Hurricane Milton: See Florida coast webcams live as the storm approaches
By Mark Kaufman
Hurricane Milton's storm track, as forecast on Oct. 8, 2024.
National Weather Service releases dire Hurricane Milton storm surge video
By Mark Kaufman
A view of Hurricane Milton as it churns through the Gulf of Mexico on Oct. 7, 2024.
Space footage shows Hurricane Milton explode into monster storm
By Mark Kaufman
Hurricane Milton observed on Oct. 7 by NOAA's GOES-19 weather satellite.
NASA releases photo of ocean world. It shows why NASA's going there.
By Mark Kaufman
A view of the icy, cracked surface of Jupiter's moon Europa.
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