Michael Greshko is a freelance science journalist based in Washington D.C. Previously, he was a staff science writer at National Geographic, covering everything from dinosaurs to dark matter. His work can be found in The Washington Post, Science, National Geographic Traveler, MIT Technology Review, NOVA Next, and the American Institute of Physics’s Inside Science News Service. He is the 2022 recipient of the American Astronomical Society’s Jonathan Eberhart Planetary Sciences Journalism Award.

Recent Publications Include:

• Extreme Solar Storm Generated Aurorae—and ‘Surprise’
• Amid Budget Crunch, NASA Seeks Hail Mary on Mars Sample Return
• NASA’s Moon Program Faces Delays. Its Ambition Remains Unchanged
• A Tyrannosaur Was Found Fossilized, and So Was Its Last Meal
• Why Go Back to the Moon? NASA’s Artemis Program has Even Bigger Ambitions