Jesse Emspak
Jesse Emspak is a freelance journalist who has contributed to several publications, including Space.com, Scientific American, New Scientist, Smithsonian.com and Undark. He focuses on physics and cool technologies but has been known to write about the odder stories of human health and science as it relates to culture. Jesse has a Master of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley School of Journalism, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rochester. Jesse spent years covering finance and cut his teeth at local newspapers, working local politics and police beats. Jesse likes to stay active and holds a fourth degree black belt in Karate, which just means he now knows how much he has to learn and the importance of good teaching.
Latest articles by Jesse Emspak
![Moon appears over the constellation Libra in the NY sky](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dJEQ3AK4eW7stwQFFmeKMR-320-80.png)
See the Full 'Flower Moon' Rise Tonight
By Jesse Emspak published
With the nights getting warmer, skywatchers will have a fine show tonight (May 10) from the May full moon, known as the Full Flower or Milk Moon.
![Lunar Quattro rover](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DnagDhuX942zpYV6JvXcXK-320-80.jpg)
'Alien: Covenant' Co-Stars Private Audi Quattro Moon Rover
By Jesse Emspak published
The futuristic tech of "Alien: Covenant" may be closer than we think: A proposed lunar rover built by privately funded team from Germany will make an appearance in the film.
![Solar eruptions](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XGofwLGiLnJ2ULZWvfjbEf-320-80.jpg)
Big Sun Storms and Little Solar Burps Have the Same Trigger
By Jesse Emspak published
Giant eruptions of material and smaller jets from the sun's surface are closer cousins than anyone thought.
![A swirling, multicolored planet comes into focus](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6vn4EuxB8Snj6uUc7xuZE6-320-80.jpg)
Hubble Telescope, Skywatchers Prep for Spectacular Views of Jupiter Tonight
By Jesse Emspak published
![The researchers built a VR landscape that followed the rules of hyperbolic geometry. Here, a screengrab of one of these non-Euclidean worlds in the research group's simulations.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/K9eteda5teKi588EEbNb6V-320-80.jpg)
Reshaping the Universe: VR Landscapes Explore Mind-Bending Geometry
By Jesse Emspak published
In this wonky, non-Euclidean universe, the floor can fall away from your feet as you walk forward and distances aren't what they seem.
![Albert Einstein in 1946](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c6LTcgJauGHYZm8bjqT6eL-320-80.jpg)
Relatively Pricey: Einstein Letter Fetches $54K at Auction
By Jesse Emspak published
An Einstein letter shows a generous spirit and a little criticism.
![Andromeda galaxy](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/o5uvW6xRQsaG39dLWikbD5-320-80.jpg)
Neighbor Galaxy Has a Secret: Andromeda Hosts Massive Pulsar
By Jesse Emspak published
Researchers have cracked a secret of the Milky Way's neighboring Andromeda galaxy: A mysterious x-ray source is likely a pulsar, the rapidly-spinning corpse of a massive star.
![Active regions on the sun](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2RPNDtBmo6sn9UYc2WjH8F-320-80.jpg)
The Sun's Got Waves — Like Earth's Atmosphere
By Jesse Emspak published
Earth and the sun are very different, but their atmospheres share something in common: A type of wave that undulates through Earth's skies may have an analogue in the body of the sun.
![Baby Milk Way-like galaxy art](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/od6v9WGFhDERmxkKY7c93R-320-80.jpg)
Quasars Reveal Early Structure of Milky Way-Like Galaxies
By Jesse Emspak published
Astronomers are seeing what Earth's own galaxy looked like in its youth by scanning the skies for some of the oldest objects in the universe.
![Ceres' Occator crater](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mw67tJwbit4B3VisKmhNQM-320-80.jpg)
Briny Ice Oozes in Dwarf Planet Ceres' Ice Volcanoes
By Jesse Emspak published
On the dwarf planet Ceres, volcanoes rage — but instead of hot lava coming out of them as on Earth, they spew brine and ice.
![Solar eclipse animation](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KdJu9DoBx6XTD8bi5iYoJE-320-80.jpg)
How to Use Your Phone or DSLR to Help Make an Eclipse 'Megamovie'
By Jesse Emspak published
The Eclipse Megamovie project is asking citizen scientists to capture images of the 2017 total solar eclipse. The snapshots will be stitched together into two movies.
![One of the biggest questions that keep physicists up at night is why there is more matter than antimatter in the universe.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DDkjajmodqmtqCMoeakMg6-320-80.jpg)
First Solid Sign that Matter Doesn't Behave Like Antimatter
By Jesse Emspak published
Matter and antimatter should look the same. For the first time, physicists have experimental evidence that they don't.
![An artist's illustration of an intermediate-mass black hole in the foreground as it distorts light from a more distant globular star cluster in the background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VxadqYhA7nEEYJVRhwfPp8-320-80.jpg)
Hidden Black Hole in Globular Cluster May Be a Cosmic Middle Child
By Jesse Emspak published
![Quantum Computer Blueprint](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Bj77UR9EnzSmSEQzZ57zVR-320-80.jpeg)
New Quantum-Computer Design Could Lead to Practical Hardware
By Jesse Emspak published
Scientists have proposed a new way to build a quantum computer using microwaves to control individual atoms, and they say the new method offers a blueprint for a more useful computing machine.
![Moon by Kaguya lunar orbiter](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YW2zK646oZwmvoQzg4PetK-320-80.jpg)
Moon's Been Getting Oxygen from Earth's Plants for Billions of Years
By Jesse Emspak published
The moon may carry traces of life from Earth dating back to when plants first filled the planet's air with oxygen, according to a study of data from a Japanese lunar orbiter.
![A large round rocky body with cracks diagonal across its surface](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nUeZ5o9p7XJDBDTYzJWp6X-320-80.jpg)
Pluto's Moon Charon Had Its Own, Icy Plate Tectonics
By Jesse Emspak published
Pluto's largest moon, Charon, had a process like Earth's plate tectonics beneath its surface, driven by a freezing ice core that expanded and cracked the little world's crust.
![Astronomical light sources graphic](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9hFhUkWYoiu84TqWFy68g7-320-80.jpg)
How Far to That Galaxy? Thousands of Cosmic Distances Now Catalogued
By Jesse Emspak published
![Star systems with trajectories in deep space, abstract background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Eo2usHvAAQHCTqbGwxMfCL-320-80.jpg)
Universe May Have Lost 'Unstable' Dark Matter
By Jesse Emspak published
How much dark matter has gone missing since the Big Bang? New research suggests anywhere from 2 to 5 percent.
![ISS sheared thunderstorms](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5N327maEVv4GovKw2vgUbD-320-80.jpg)
Earth from Space: See NASA's 16 Best Astronaut Photos of 2016
By Jesse Emspak published
NASA has released some of the most artful, majestic and sometimes just plain cool images taken by astronauts on the International Space Station in 2016.
![An Orbital ATK Pegasus XL rocket launches into orbit carrying NASA's eight Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System satellites to study hurricanes from space. The rocket launched Dec. 15, 2016 from an aircraft that took off from the Cape Canaveral Air F](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qTGdUAknAuPSvhP2jQhp9H-320-80.jpg)
NASA Launches 8-Satellite Constellation to Track Hurricanes from Space
By Jesse Emspak published
A rocket fired from a jet plane Thursday (Dec. 15) to launch NASA's latest Earth-observing mission, an 8-satellite mission to study hurricanes like never before.
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