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.
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By Mark Kaufman
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By Mark Kaufman and Joseph Green
Mars may have harbored a shocking amount of water, scientists find
So much water, it could have rivaled Earth.
By Mark Kaufman
NASA finds captivating ocean world is making oxygen. Here's how much.
A sea sloshes beneath Europa's icy shell.
By Mark Kaufman
The coming solar eclipse is rare. How often does it happen?
A chance not to be missed.
By Mark Kaufman
Broken moon lander beams back a final poignant photo — of Earth
The final transmission before losing power.
By Mark Kaufman
Scientists zoom in on distant solar system. It's teeming with water.
Oceans of water in another deep space realm.
By Mark Kaufman
Jaw-dropping Webb photo reveals how the universe turned its lights on
Solving a deep space mystery.
By Mark Kaufman
Footage shows capsule diving through Earth's atmosphere at blazing speed
Twenty-five times the speed of sound.
By Mark Kaufman
What's the 'best' place to see the solar eclipse? Experts explain.
The chance to view a total solar eclipse is rare.
By Mark Kaufman
NASA's new images reveal what happened to its crashed Mars helicopter
Busted up in the Martian desert.
By Mark Kaufman
NASA snapped images of the stadium-sized asteroid that swooped by Earth
A space photoshoot.
By Mark Kaufman
Spacecraft looks like a 'Star Wars' ship. It just crashed into Earth.
Burning up in our planet's atmosphere.
By Mark Kaufman
Webb telescope makes unexpected find in outskirts of our solar system
These ice worlds aren't dead.
By Mark Kaufman
Water is discovered on asteroids — by a defunct NASA mission
Our solar system teems with water.
By Mark Kaufman
NASA Mars rover looks up, sees its strange moon eclipsing the sun
Impressive Martian stargazing — by a robot.
By Mark Kaufman
Scientists reveal SUV-sized camera that will change our grasp of space
It's a huge instrument.
By Mark Kaufman
The most stunning things NASA scientists just saw on volcano world Io
"It's just extraordinary."
By Mark Kaufman
NASA craft snaps extraordinarily close images of volcano-covered world
The most volcanic land in our solar system.
By Mark Kaufman
NASA found a super-Earth. It's in a tantalizing place.
Scientists are investigating this curious new world.
By Mark Kaufman
NASA rover finds damaged helicopter in the middle of Mars desert
It's a poignant image.
By Mark Kaufman
NASA spacecraft snaps image of ancient, winding rivers on Mars
Mars once teemed with water.
By Mark Kaufman
NASA photos reveal serious damage to its Mars helicopter
The result of a "rough" landing.
By Mark Kaufman
Before its demise, NASA's Mars helicopter captured a glorious aerial view
A vista of the Red Planet.
By Mark Kaufman