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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
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.
NASA drills freaky scenario where elusive asteroid heads towards Earth
By Mark Kaufman
The asteroid 243 Ida and its small moon as imaged by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in August 1993.
Creature with giant eggs filmed thousands of feet undersea
By Mark Kaufman
A recently discovered species of deep-sea squid protecting a brood of unusually large eggs.
Scientists discover how old Jupiter's Great Red Spot really is
By Mark Kaufman
Jupiter's Great Red Spot as imaged by NASA's Juno spacecraft in 2019.
NASA mission spots Chinese spacecraft on far side of the moon
By Mark Kaufman
China's Chang'e 6 mission, at center, landed on the moon on June 1, 2024.
NASA rover drives through ancient Mars river, snaps stunning view
By Mark Kaufman
The Perseverance rover recently drove through a primordial waterway on Mars, a place that once teemed with water.
How a NASA scientist blew all of our minds
By Mark Kaufman
In November 1980, Voyager 1 snapped this image of Saturn and two of the gas giant's moons.
Scientists spot massive asteroid collision — in another solar system
By Mark Kaufman
Eros, a large and elongated asteroid in our solar system.
NASA rover gets blasted by solar storm on Mars, captures footage
By Mark Kaufman
The top of the Curiosity rover's mast, which holds several different cameras.
At 11,000 feet up, scientists find Earth broke a scary record
By Mark Kaufman
Earth as seen from the moon's orbit during the Apollo 8 mission in 1968, with updated color based on lunar and Earth observations.
NASA reveals why it's so hard to spot alien life — even with Webb
By Mark Kaufman
An artist's conception of the Earth-sized exoplanet Kepler-186f, which orbits in the habitable zone of a distant solar system some 500 light-years away.
Yes, big spiders are spreading in the U.S. No, they're not flying.
By Mark Kaufman
a Joro spider on a web
China just landed on the moon. And it released footage.
By Mark Kaufman
A conception of China's Chang’e-6 craft landing on the moon.
Footage shows return of colossal sunspot that created Northern Lights
By Mark Kaufman
A huge and active solar spot on the sun's surface, seen through a solar telescope in late May 2024.
New Webb image isn't just stunning. It shattered a record.
By Mark Kaufman
This deep field view from the James Webb Space Telescope shows (in the box) the oldest-known galaxy ever discovered.
NASA reveals footage of astronauts training in desert for moon mission
By Mark Kaufman
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins on a simulated moonwalk in May 2024.
Scientists just found a really strange super-Earth
By Mark Kaufman
An artist's conception of a super-Earth, which is a rocky world more massive than our planet.
Spacecraft snaps eerie view of our galaxy's 'doppelganger'
By Mark Kaufman
A new, highly detailed view of the spiral galaxy NGC 6744.
Airplane turbulence is getting worse. Scientists explain why.
By Mark Kaufman
Turbulence on airplanes is increasing, according to atmospheric scientists.
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