Rahul Rao
Rao is a freelance science journalist based in New York and is a contributor to Live Science’s sister site Space.com, as well as Popular Science, EEE Spectrum and Gizmodo. Rao has a bachelor’s degree in Physics and English from Vanderbilt University, and a master’s degree in Science, Health and Environmental Reporting from New York University.
Latest articles by Rahul Rao

NASA's Parker Solar Probe makes 1st-of-its-kind observation within a coronal mass ejection
By Rahul Rao published
NASA's sun-kissing Parker Solar Probe peered into the depths of a coronal mass ejection (CME) for the first time, revealing new details within the violent solar phenomenon.

The moon is shrinking, causing landslides and moonquakes exactly where NASA wants to build its 1st lunar colony
By Rahul Rao published
The moon has been slowly shrinking for millions of years. Now, as Artemis 3 nears its 2026 launch date, geologists worry about whether moonquakes and lunar landslides will impact landing.

Signs of life shooting from Saturn's moon could be collected with spacecraft, scientists say
By Rahul Rao published
Possible amino acids spewing from Enceladus' subsurface ocean can survive impact with a spacecraft, lab experiments show.

NASA and India's debut climate satellite to launch in 2024. Here's what it'll do.
By Rahul Rao published
The NISAR satellite, a collaboration between NASA and India's space agency ISRO, will help scientists monitor how climate change is affecting Earth's varied landscapes.

Earth receives laser-beam message from 10 million miles away in new NASA experiment
By Rahul Rao published
Earth successfully received a message beamed from NASA's Psyche spacecraft, located some 10 million miles away.

Curvature of space-time measured using 'atomic fountain'
By Rahul Rao published
A group of physicists has measured gravity using the effects of time dilation — the slowing of time imparted by increased velocity or gravitational force — on atoms.
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