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Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives into NASA's moon and Mars missions, chatting up astronauts and history-making discoverers, and jetting above the clouds. Through 17 years of reporting, she's covered a variety of topics, including health, business, and government, with a penchant for public records requests. She previously worked for The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Virginia, and The Capital in Annapolis, Maryland. Her work has earned numerous state awards, including the Virginia Press Association's top honor, Best in Show, and national recognition for narrative storytelling. For each year she has covered space, Sauers has won National Headliner Awards, including first place for her Sex in Space series. Send space tips and story ideas to [email protected] or text 443-684-2489. Follow her on X at @elishasauers.

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Moon phase today: What the Moon will look like on July 30
Moon phase today: What the Moon will look like on July 25
Moon phase today: What the Moon will look like on July 24
SpaceX readies Starship for another try. Watch it live today.
Moon phase today: What the Moon will look like on July 23
An image of a full moon. Moon phase today: What the Moon will look like on July 29
Full moon in the sky. July Full Moon 2026: See the Buck Moon
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An image of a full moon. Moon phase today: What the Moon will look like on July 26
Perseverance rover taking a selfie Mars When AI hallucinates aliens: Some think NASA should be nervous

Climate Change

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So, how hot will Earth get?
Winter storm warnings: How to see online if more snow is heading your way
How to see snow totals for Florida, Texas and other states online
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Google's former CEO: AI advances more important than climate conservation
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Astronauts in the ISS look out through a window to see the SpaceX Dragon vessel floating over the Earth. The Drago carried OCO-3 to the ISS. NASA's carbon tracking satellites are on Trump's chopping block
A drone image shows the Tara Polar Station up in the Arctic, surrounded by ice A futuristic polar station is set to make history in the Arctic
Signage outside the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, US. U.S. government climate website axes staff, may shut down

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Hydrogen-powered helicopter makes first piloted flight
Winter storm snowfall videos: Social media reveals how hard the storm is hitting
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15+ eco-friendly gifts that someone would actually use
Help clean the ocean every time you use Wave Browser
A Waymo EV charges up. Waymo using old EV batteries to power Texas, California
Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington Microsoft may abandon one of its climate goals. Blame data centers.
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Construction on the xAI data center in Memphis. The NAACP is fighting back against AI data centers
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Astronomers think some asteroids have been comets all along. Here's why.
A giant planet beat the odds and actually got hotter after its star died
Meet NASA's new prototype rover for moon & mars
Watch NASA's next-generation moon rover crush an obstacle course
The interstellar comet was probably way older than scientists thought
The Beta Pictoris star beaming through space Webb telescope found the missing architect of another star system
Hubble and Webb telescopes spotting effects of stellar black hole on binary star Astronomers find a needle in a haystack 18,000 light-years away
New Horizons spacecraft flying far from home A NASA spacecraft just woke up from a nearly yearlong nap
Webb viewing Centaurus A NASA's new views of a famous galaxy are more than a screensaver
NASA's Curiosity rover examining pure sulfur crystals found on Mars Mysterious yellow crystals on Mars may soon have an explanation

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Meet the robot trained on millions of internet videos
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Inside the world's biggest bet on fusion energy
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SpaceX Starship Flight Test 12 ends with a bang
Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena
Every UAP video released by the U.S. Department of War in 14 minutes
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn mission successfully launches and lands a reusable rocket
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