Laura Poppick

Contributing Writer

Residing in Portland, Maine Laura is a seasoned science and environmental journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Smithsonian, Scientific American, Wired, Audubon, National Geographic, Science, and on Space.com and Live Science. Her work at Live Science focused on earth and environmental news. She has a graduate certificate in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. Laura has a good eye for finding fossils in unlikely places, will pull over to examine sedimentary layers in highway roadcuts, and has gone swimming in the Arctic Ocean.

Latest articles by Laura Poppick

Kuwait Lightning

Stunning Lightning Above Mideast Seen from Space (Photo)

By Laura Poppick published

The International Space Station is now equipped with a new instrument that will help study lightning strikes in detail.

Earth
Satellite View of Southern Right Whales

High-Res Satellites Help Track Whale Populations

By Laura Poppick published

Rather than counting whales from the bow of a ship, researchers have devised a much more efficient method of taking population censuses using satellite imagery.

Technology
SBW2007 Hubble View

Hubble Telescope Sees Star That May Explode Soon (Photo)

By Laura Poppick published

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of a star engulfed in a hazy nebula, destined to explode into a supernova one day.

Hubble Space Telescope
Snow Storm Hercules Seen From Space

Major Blizzard Visible from Space

By Laura Poppick published

NASA satellite imagery has captured the enormity of the first snowstorm of 2014.

Earth
A Golden Spike Company moon lander on the lunar surface.

Moon Rovers Planned for Commercial Lunar Exploration Project

By Laura Poppick published

Golden Spike, acompany developing commercial missions to the moon for launch in 2020, has partnered with Honeybee Robotics to design lunar rovers to accompany the manned expeditions.

The moon
An asteroid is shown crashing into Earth

Global Effort Needed to Defend Earth from Asteroids, Astronauts Tell UN

By Laura Poppick published

Asteroids
World Action Plan Emerging to Combat Asteroid Threat

Astronauts to Discuss Asteroid Threat to Earth Friday: How to Watch Live

By Laura Poppick published

Stargazing
East Antarctic Ice Sheet

Spy Satellite Data Reveal Antarctic Ice Vulnerability

By Laura Poppick published

Satellites
Neil deGrasse Tyson Comes to Superman's Rescue

Superman's Origins Possibly Born from Star Explosion

By Laura Poppick published

Stars
Forested Landscape

New Earth Explorer Satellite to Map Global Forests

By Laura Poppick published

A new satellite from the European Space Agency should start mapping global forests in 2020, and should help reveal the role of forests in Earth’s climate.

Satellites