Lisa Grossman

Lisa Grossman

Astronomy Writer

Lisa Grossman is the astronomy writer for Science News. Previously she was a news editor at New Scientist, where she ran the physical sciences section of the magazine for three years. Before that, she spent three years at New Scientist as a reporter, covering space, physics and astronomy. She has a degree in astronomy from Cornell University and a graduate certificate in science writing from UC Santa Cruz. Lisa was a finalist for the AGU David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism, and received the Institute of Physics/Science and Technology Facilities Council physics writing award and the AAS Solar Physics Division Popular Writing Award. She interned at Science News in 2009-2010.

All Stories by Lisa Grossman

  1. Astronomy

    Astronomers may have spotted the birth of a neutron star

    Scientists say they’ve witnessed a type of neutron star called a pulsar being born in the wake of a massive supernova for the first time.

  2. Planetary Science

    The first rovers to explore an asteroid just sent photos home

    Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft has deployed a pair of rovers to the surface of asteroid Ryugu.

  3. Astronomy

    Japan has launched a miniature space elevator

    The Japanese space agency just launched a prototype space elevator to the International Space Station to test motion along a taut cable in space.

  4. Astronomy

    The TESS space telescope has spotted its first exoplanet

    TESS’s first exoplanet is twice Earth’s size and may have lots of water.

  5. Planetary Science

    The ghosts of nearly two dozen icy volcanoes haunt dwarf planet Ceres

    The slumped remains of 21 ice volcanoes suggest that the dwarf planet Ceres has been volcanically active for billions of years.

  6. Astronomy

    Jocelyn Bell Burnell wins big physics prize for 1967 pulsar discovery

    Astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell speaks about winning the Breakthrough Prize, impostor syndrome and giving back.

  7. Planetary Science

    OSIRIS-REx snaps first images of asteroid Bennu

    OSIRIS-REx got its first glimpse of near-Earth asteroid Bennu. The probe will collect a sample from the asteroid and return it to Earth.

  8. Astronomy

    Strange gamma rays from the sun may help decipher its magnetic fields

    The sun spits out more and weirder gamma rays than anyone expected, which could give a new view of the sun’s magnetic fields.

  9. Planetary Science

    Here’s where the Hayabusa2 spacecraft will land on the asteroid Ryugu

    Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe and its landers will touch down on the asteroid Ryugu in the next few months to pick up dust samples and return them to Earth.

  10. Astronomy

    Five things we learned from last year’s Great American Eclipse

    A year after the total solar eclipse of 2017, scientists are still pondering the mysteries of the sun.

  11. Astronomy

    A galaxy 11.3 billion light-years away appears filled with dark matter

    The “Cosmic Seagull,” a distant galaxy magnified by a gravitational lens, seems chock-full of dark matter, in contrast with other galaxies almost as far away.

  12. Astronomy

    The Parker Solar Probe has launched and is on its way to explore the sun

    The Parker Solar Probe just took off to become the first spacecraft to visit the sun.