Hannah Osborne

Editor, Live Science

Hannah Osborne is the Earth and Animal Editor at Live Science. Prior to Live Science, she worked for several years at Newsweek as the Science Editor.

Latest articles by Hannah Osborne

Aerial view of the Grand Prismatic Spring at Yellowstone National Park, with blue center and orange and yellow at the edges

Yellowstone volcano super-eruptions appear to have multiple explosive events

By Hannah Osborne published

The last caldera-forming eruption at Yellowstone "was much more complex than previously thought," according to the annual report about activity at the supervolcano.

Earth
Satellite image of Earth showing areas of the Pacific ocean that are warmer and higher - a sign of El Nino

NASA spots El Niño precursor from space: 'If it’s a big one, the globe will see record warming'

By Hannah Osborne published

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite recorded Kelvin waves moving eastward across the Pacific — a phenomenon often considered a precursor to El Niño.

Climate Change
Artist's illustration of a large alien spaceship above Earth.

Alien mothership lurking in our solar system could be watching us with tiny probes, Pentagon official suggests

By Hannah Osborne published

A draft paper by a Harvard scientist and the head of the Pentagon's UFO office has raised the idea an alien mothership could be in the solar system, sending out tiny probes dubbed "dandelion seeds" to explore the planets within.

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