Marc Kaufman is the author of two books about space: “Mars Up Close: Inside the Curiosity Mission” and “First Contact: Scientific Breakthroughs in the Search for Life Beyond Earth.” He is also an experienced journalist, having spent three decades at The Washington Post and The Philadelphia Inquirer. He began writing the column in October 2015, when NASA’s NExSS initiative was in its infancy. While the “Many Worlds” column is supported and informed by NASA’s Astrobiology Program, any opinions expressed are the author’s alone.
To contact Marc, send an email to marc.kaufman@manyworlds.space.
Recent Posts by Marc:
- Our Ever-Growing Menagerie of Exoplanets April 18, 2019
- The “Twin Study,” and What it Does and Does Not Say About The Health Hazards of Space Travel April 11, 2019
- A Significant Advance: Primitive Earth Life Survives an 18-Month Exposure to Mars-Like Conditions in Space April 4, 2019
- Ancient Mars Water. Ever More of It, and Flowing Ever Longer on the Surface March 28, 2019
- A New and Revelatory Window Into Evolution on Earth March 22, 2019
- How Creatures End Up Miles Below the Surface of Earth, and Maybe Mars Too March 4, 2019
- MarCO And The Future of CubeSats February 21, 2019
- All About Emergence February 14, 2019
- The Moon-Forming Impact And Its Gifts January 28, 2019
- A Hubble Spectacular January 17, 2019
- Weird Planets January 2, 2019
- Artifacts In Space December 13, 2018
- InSight Lands on Mars For Unique Mission November 26, 2018
- Barnard’s Star, The "Great White Whale" of Planet Hunting, Has Surrendered Its Secret November 14, 2018
- Probing The Insides of Mars to Learn How Rocky Planets Are Formed November 8, 2018
- The Kepler Space Telescope Mission Is Ending But Its Legacy Will Keep Growing. November 1, 2018
- Technosignatures and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence October 10, 2018
- Human Space Travel, Health and Risk October 4, 2018
- Time-Traveling in the Australian Outback in Search of Early Earth September 28, 2018
- Water Worlds, Aquaplanets and Habitability September 20, 2018
