Elisha Sauers
Elisha Sauers is the space and future tech reporter for Mashable, interested in asteroids, astronauts, and astro nuts. In over 15 years of reporting, she's covered a variety of topics, including health, business, and government, with a penchant for FOIA and other public records requests. She previously worked for The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Virginia, and The Capital in Annapolis, Maryland, now known as The Capital-Gazette. She's won numerous state awards for beat reporting and national recognition for narrative storytelling. Send space tips and story ideas to [email protected] or text 443-684-2489. Follow her on Twitter at @elishasauers.
By Elisha Sauers
NASA's first 4 miles to the moon starts now. Here's how to watch.
Artemis is on its way to the launchpad in 3, 2, 1...
Astronomers watch Betelgeuse recover after colossal blast
What's making this red supergiant's millennium?
Webb telescope captures vivid galaxy collision in new photo
New telescope, who dis?
What do the James Webb images tell us about the sun's fate?
The sun is middle-aged?!
By Mark Stetson and Elisha Sauers
Webb telescope snaps thrilling images of Jupiter and hurtling asteroids
The enormous space observatory's speed limit is faster than scientists thought.
Spectacular Webb telescope image shows a stellar death like never before
What does the Southern Ring Nebula tell us about the sun's eventual end?
Carina Nebula images from Webb and Hubble telescopes paint stunning views of the universe
Every new dot of light is another star.
How to watch NASA reveal first stunning James Webb telescope images
The cosmic images will be unprecedented.
See astronaut trash whiz through space before its fiery end
The longest-ever laundry shoot?
Watch NASA's megarocket ace a pivotal thrust test before its moon flight
Wobble, baby. Wobble, baby. Wobble, baby, wobble.
NASA reveals astoundingly deep space photo from Webb telescope test
Thousands of magnificent galaxies.
The Webb telescope just took the deepest photo of the universe ever
Here's what we know to expect from the first photo drop on July 12.
NASA's new innovation could help get humans to Mars by 2040
A game-changing heat shield could be the key to getting us to Mars.
By Mark Stetson and Elisha Sauers
NASA just sent a tiny spacecraft to scope out an orbiting moon base
Big lunar ambitions
NASA's moon megarocket is supposed to launch soon. Here's the holdup.
Not all systems "Go."
A meteorite punched a hole in a dog house. Now it's a collector's item.
At Christie's, one of the most popular items in its meteorite auction wasn't even a space rock.
See 5 planets align in order for first time in 18 years
Set your alarms for early morning skywatching June 24.
Mars rover confronts spindly, crooked finger rocks
Exterrestrial desert has some weird rubble
NASA prefers this nickname for America's new lunar rocket
U.S. space agency tries, tries again on critical launchpad test.
NASA just inflated its new-age spaceship heat shield for Mars
Space scientists think they've figured out how to pull more drag out of literal thin air.
Outer space news that broke the internet this year, so far
This year's guide to the universe.
NASA's tenacious drone sweeps over Mars in farthest flight yet
A Martian bird's eye view
NASA spins a spiral galaxy soundtrack. What exactly are we hearing?
It's a space jam.
Vigilant amateur asteroid hunters keep watch for menacing space rocks
Crowd-sourcing planetary defense.
NASA's getting screwy messages from interstellar space
How much farther can the spacecraft go?
