Space and Physics editor at Live Science Pitches welcome at brandon[dot]specktor[at]futurenet[dot]com https://www.livescience.com/author/brandon-specktorhttps://bsky.app/profile/bspecktor.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bspecktor.bsky.social/post/3mgsepr25nk24Tell me you write about space without telling me you write about space 🌌11 Mar 2026 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:mtmb7gv2eacl2desije6wl7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgsepr25nk24https://bsky.app/profile/bspecktor.bsky.social/post/3mgpkbm73ws2kGood news! They found a way to make restaurant menus worse. 🔬 [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Mar 2026 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:mtmb7gv2eacl2desije6wl7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpkbm73ws2khttps://bsky.app/profile/bspecktor.bsky.social/post/3me4zsxv7hk2sAttn: Freelancers Live Science is looking for writers with a passion for 🌌 Space ⚛️ Physics 🟰 Mathematics ⚗️ and Chemistry To pitch, check our submission guide below - and feel free to email me directly (link in bio) 📎💰 #ScienceJournalism #SciWri #freelanceGig https://www.livescience.com/how-to-pitch-live-science05 Feb 2026 18:36 +0000at://did:plc:mtmb7gv2eacl2desije6wl7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3me4zsxv7hk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/bspecktor.bsky.social/post/3lnzxride3222Black holes don't hold the monopoly on darkness. 'Dark nebulae', like the nearby Circinus molecular cloud, are regions of space so dense with gas & dust that light rarely escapes them. NSF's Dark Energy Camera just took one of the best-ever images of one. https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/scientists-spot-a-dark-nebula-being-torn-apart-by-rowdy-infant-stars-offering-clues-about-our-own-solar-systems-past30 Apr 2025 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:mtmb7gv2eacl2desije6wl7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnzxride3222https://bsky.app/profile/bspecktor.bsky.social/post/3lnxovsgo6s2gCongrats to the Mars HiRISE team (@uahirise.bsky.social) for having the best 404 error message on the internet29 Apr 2025 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:mtmb7gv2eacl2desije6wl7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnxovsgo6s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/bspecktor.bsky.social/post/3lcg7ujte7k2oThe James Webb telescope may have just smashed its own record -- again. New observations reveal 5 candidate galaxies dating to just 200 million years after the Big Bang -- possibly some of the earliest to ever exist. Ben Turner has the story for Live Science: https://www.livescience.com/space/cosmology/james-webb-space-telescope-smashes-its-own-record-to-find-the-earliest-galaxies-that-ever-existed03 Dec 2024 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:mtmb7gv2eacl2desije6wl7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcg7ujte7k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bspecktor.bsky.social/post/3lc46euress2uPhotons are like snowflakes. Each one has unique characteristics, determined by an endless interplay of environmental factors. Now, one team has managed to simplify that glut of uncertainty to bring us this: The first image of an individual photon ever taken ❄️ https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/quantum-physics/the-shape-of-light-scientists-reveal-image-of-an-individual-photon-for-1st-time-ever29 Nov 2024 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:mtmb7gv2eacl2desije6wl7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc46euress2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bspecktor.bsky.social/post/3lc443tp3ok2uHi, BlueSky, I'm Brandon -- I edit the Space and Physics sections of LiveScience.com. I'm always looking for fascinating stories about our planet, our universe, and (just covering my bases) anything that lies beyond. Scientists and science writers, feel free to pitch me anytime (email in bio). 💜✨29 Nov 2024 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:mtmb7gv2eacl2desije6wl7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc443tp3ok2u