Brandon Specktor
@bspecktor.bsky.social
Space and Physics editor at Live Science
Pitches welcome at brandon[dot]specktor[at]futurenet[dot]com
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Attn: Freelancers
Live Science is looking for writers with a passion for
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⚛️ Physics
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Live Science is looking for writers with a passion for
🌌 Space
⚛️ Physics
🟰 Mathematics
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To pitch, check our submission guide below - and feel free to email me directly (link in bio) 📎💰
#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #freelanceGig
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Submission guidelines: How to pitch to Live Science
Live Science welcomes news, analysis, explainer and feature pitches from freelancers. Here's everything you need to know about submitting a story idea to Live Science.
www.livescience.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Attn: Freelancers
Live Science is looking for writers with a passion for
🌌 Space
⚛️ Physics
🟰 Mathematics
⚗️ and Chemistry
To pitch, check our submission guide below - and feel free to email me directly (link in bio) 📎💰
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Live Science is looking for writers with a passion for
🌌 Space
⚛️ Physics
🟰 Mathematics
⚗️ and Chemistry
To pitch, check our submission guide below - and feel free to email me directly (link in bio) 📎💰
#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #freelanceGig
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Reposted by Brandon Specktor
Inspired by @jtuttlekeane.bsky.social and @ohdearz.bsky.social, here's what the White House proposed budget cuts to NASA would do to the entirety of the agency's Science Mission Directorate.
Bloodbath is right.
Bloodbath is right.
May 31, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Inspired by @jtuttlekeane.bsky.social and @ohdearz.bsky.social, here's what the White House proposed budget cuts to NASA would do to the entirety of the agency's Science Mission Directorate.
Bloodbath is right.
Bloodbath is right.
Reposted by Brandon Specktor
"The Spanish expeditions in Florida were really the first opportunities for domestic cats to reach what is today the U.S."
Catquistadors: Oldest known domestic cats in the US died off Florida coast in a 1559 Spanish shipwreck
The 466-year-old remains of an adult and a juvenile cat are the oldest known in the modern-day United States, a new study finds.
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April 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"The Spanish expeditions in Florida were really the first opportunities for domestic cats to reach what is today the U.S."
Black holes don't hold the monopoly on darkness.
'Dark nebulae', like the nearby Circinus molecular cloud, are regions of space so dense with gas & dust that light rarely escapes them.
NSF's Dark Energy Camera just took one of the best-ever images of one.
www.livescience.com/space/astron...
'Dark nebulae', like the nearby Circinus molecular cloud, are regions of space so dense with gas & dust that light rarely escapes them.
NSF's Dark Energy Camera just took one of the best-ever images of one.
www.livescience.com/space/astron...
Scientists spot a 'dark nebula' being torn apart by rowdy infant stars — offering clues about our own solar system's past
The National Science Foundation's Dark Energy Camera reveals a stunning glimpse into the 'dark nebula' known as the Circinus West molecular cloud, a region of space that's so dense with gas that light...
www.livescience.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Black holes don't hold the monopoly on darkness.
'Dark nebulae', like the nearby Circinus molecular cloud, are regions of space so dense with gas & dust that light rarely escapes them.
NSF's Dark Energy Camera just took one of the best-ever images of one.
www.livescience.com/space/astron...
'Dark nebulae', like the nearby Circinus molecular cloud, are regions of space so dense with gas & dust that light rarely escapes them.
NSF's Dark Energy Camera just took one of the best-ever images of one.
www.livescience.com/space/astron...
Congrats to the Mars HiRISE team (@uahirise.bsky.social) for having the best 404 error message on the internet
April 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Congrats to the Mars HiRISE team (@uahirise.bsky.social) for having the best 404 error message on the internet
Reposted by Brandon Specktor
🔭 A Kilometer High Cliff on Comet Churyumov - Gerasimenko
Image Credit & Licence (CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO): ESA, Rosetta spacecraft, NAVCAM; Additional Processing: Stuart Atkinson
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap24121...
Image Credit & Licence (CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO): ESA, Rosetta spacecraft, NAVCAM; Additional Processing: Stuart Atkinson
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap24121...
December 16, 2024 at 8:00 AM
🔭 A Kilometer High Cliff on Comet Churyumov - Gerasimenko
Image Credit & Licence (CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO): ESA, Rosetta spacecraft, NAVCAM; Additional Processing: Stuart Atkinson
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap24121...
Image Credit & Licence (CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO): ESA, Rosetta spacecraft, NAVCAM; Additional Processing: Stuart Atkinson
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap24121...
The James Webb telescope may have just smashed its own record -- again.
New observations reveal 5 candidate galaxies dating to just 200 million years after the Big Bang -- possibly some of the earliest to ever exist.
Ben Turner has the story for Live Science:
www.livescience.com/space/cosmol...
New observations reveal 5 candidate galaxies dating to just 200 million years after the Big Bang -- possibly some of the earliest to ever exist.
Ben Turner has the story for Live Science:
www.livescience.com/space/cosmol...
James Webb Space Telescope smashes its own record to find the earliest galaxies that ever existed
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted five galaxy candidates dating to just 200 million years after the Big Bang, making them the earliest ever detected. And there could be many more.
www.livescience.com
December 3, 2024 at 6:01 PM
The James Webb telescope may have just smashed its own record -- again.
New observations reveal 5 candidate galaxies dating to just 200 million years after the Big Bang -- possibly some of the earliest to ever exist.
Ben Turner has the story for Live Science:
www.livescience.com/space/cosmol...
New observations reveal 5 candidate galaxies dating to just 200 million years after the Big Bang -- possibly some of the earliest to ever exist.
Ben Turner has the story for Live Science:
www.livescience.com/space/cosmol...
Photons are like snowflakes.
Each one has unique characteristics, determined by an endless interplay of environmental factors.
Now, one team has managed to simplify that glut of uncertainty to bring us this: The first image of an individual photon ever taken ❄️
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Each one has unique characteristics, determined by an endless interplay of environmental factors.
Now, one team has managed to simplify that glut of uncertainty to bring us this: The first image of an individual photon ever taken ❄️
www.livescience.com/physics-math...
The shape of light: Scientists reveal image of an individual photon for 1st time ever
Using a groundbreaking new technique, researchers have unveiled the first detailed image of a photon — a single particle of light — ever taken.
www.livescience.com
November 29, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Photons are like snowflakes.
Each one has unique characteristics, determined by an endless interplay of environmental factors.
Now, one team has managed to simplify that glut of uncertainty to bring us this: The first image of an individual photon ever taken ❄️
www.livescience.com/physics-math...
Each one has unique characteristics, determined by an endless interplay of environmental factors.
Now, one team has managed to simplify that glut of uncertainty to bring us this: The first image of an individual photon ever taken ❄️
www.livescience.com/physics-math...
Hi, BlueSky, I'm Brandon -- I edit the Space and Physics sections of LiveScience.com.
I'm always looking for fascinating stories about our planet, our universe, and (just covering my bases) anything that lies beyond.
Scientists and science writers, feel free to pitch me anytime (email in bio). 💜✨
I'm always looking for fascinating stories about our planet, our universe, and (just covering my bases) anything that lies beyond.
Scientists and science writers, feel free to pitch me anytime (email in bio). 💜✨
November 29, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Hi, BlueSky, I'm Brandon -- I edit the Space and Physics sections of LiveScience.com.
I'm always looking for fascinating stories about our planet, our universe, and (just covering my bases) anything that lies beyond.
Scientists and science writers, feel free to pitch me anytime (email in bio). 💜✨
I'm always looking for fascinating stories about our planet, our universe, and (just covering my bases) anything that lies beyond.
Scientists and science writers, feel free to pitch me anytime (email in bio). 💜✨