Megan Gannon
Megan has been writing for Live Science and Space.com since 2012. Her interests range from archaeology to space exploration, and she has a bachelor's degree in English and art history from New York University. Megan spent two years as a reporter on the national desk at NewsCore. She has watched dinosaur auctions, witnessed rocket launches, licked ancient pottery sherds in Cyprus and flown in zero gravity on a Zero Gravity Corp. to follow students sparking weightless fires for science. Follow her on Twitter for her latest project.
Latest articles by Megan Gannon
NASA Sees Spectacular Sun Eruption Like Never Before (Video)
By Megan Gannon published
A tiny NASA spacecraft with a zoomed-in view of the sun has observed its first coronal mass ejection, or CME, a violent eruption of solar material, the space agency announced.
'Cosmos' Visits Venus to Talk Climate Change Sunday Night
By Megan Gannon published
This Sunday night (June 1), the Fox TV series "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" will send viewers to Earth's neighbor to learn about the greenhouse effect.
Virgin Galactic Signs FAA Deal to Clear Airspace for Suborbital Flights
By Megan Gannon published
World View Launches Emblem Design Contest for Near-Space Balloon Trips
By Megan Gannon published
New Meteor Shower: Where to Watch Tonight's Sky Show
By Megan Gannon published
Defying Gravity: Eye-Opening Science Adventures On a Weightless Flight (Photos)
By Megan Gannon published
Space.com shadowed a group of students from the University of California, San Diego who were selected by NASA to test an experiment onboard a zero-gravity flight.
NASA and Slooh Community Telescope Seek Citizen Asteroid Hunters
By Megan Gannon published
Defying Gravity: Lighting Weightless Fires for Science (Photos)
By Megan Gannon published
Space.com shadowed a group of students from the University of California, San Diego who were selected by NASA to test an experiment on board a zero-gravity flight.
Stars That 'Eat' Alien Earths Exposed (Video)
By Megan Gannon published
Some stars that give birth to Earth-like rocky planets only to later devour those same daughter worlds, and now scientists say they have a way to find the stellar cannibals.
'Cosmos' Tackles Life and Death in Sunday's Episode
By Megan Gannon published
The next episode of "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" airs Sunday (May 18), and it promises to delve into big questions about death and immortality.
Comet-Chasing Rosetta Probe Spies Dusty Veil Around Its Target (Photos, Video)
By Megan Gannon published
Weird Corkscrew-Shaped Light Unleashed by Universe's Most Powerful Explosions
By Megan Gannon published
NASA's Morpheus Lander Prototype Touches Down on Mock Moonscape (Video)
By Megan Gannon published
A prototype of NASA's Morpheus lander kicked up a cloud of fake moon dust as it touched down softly on a mock lunar landscape in Florida in this week.
Space-Grown Crystals May Help Crack Huntington's Disease (Video)
By Megan Gannon published
Scientists hope space-grown crystals of the protein behind Huntington's disease could help them better understand the deadly neurodegenerative disorder.
William Shatner, of 'Star Trek' Fame, Gets NASA's Highest Civilian Honor
By Megan Gannon published
NASA saluted Captain Kirk over the weekend, giving William Shatner the Distinguished Public Service medal, the space agency's highest award for civilians.
Kirsten Dunst, Marlee Matlin Voice Famed Female Astronomers on 'Cosmos' Sunday
By Megan Gannon published
Mars Rover Curiosity Snaps First Asteroid Photo from Red Planet (Images)
By Megan Gannon published
Bitcoins in Space: Private Deep-Space Venture Aims to Launch 'BitSats'
By Megan Gannon published
Bitcoins soon may go off the grid and into space. One private venture is aiming to launch a cluster of tiny satellites that would broadcast the latest bitcoin transactions from orbit.
Powerful Asteroids Strike Earth with Surprising Frequency (Video)
By Megan Gannon published
Since the start of the 21st century, dozens of incoming asteroids have slammed into Earth, some of them packing far more energy than a city-destroying atomic bomb, a new animation illustrates.
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