Jessica Orwig is a senior editor at Business Insider. She has a Master of Science in science and technology journalism from Texas A&M University and a Bachelor of Science in astronomy and physics from The Ohio State University.
Her passion and expertise are astronomy and physics but she's written and edited articles across a range of science beats including archeology, geology, zoology, paleontology, biology, climate change, energy, sustainability, neurology, astrobiology, spaceflight, and more. She's covered major science events including:
The discovery of gravitational waves
NASA's Pluto flyby
The first image of a black hole
India's successful Moon landing
SpaceX's first Starship-Super Heavy launch
Researchers studied samples of human brains and found high levels of microplastics, but it's unclear how they slip past the blood-brain barrier.
SpaceX launched its Starship mega-rocket for the seventh time. It achieved an epic booster catch, but the ship was lost.
Jeff Bezos' company Blue Origin launched its New Glenn mega-rocket for the first time. The milestone is a leap for reusable rocketry.
The Getty Villa remained standing as fires razed homes around it. Getty staff have been doing simple yard work all year that homeowners should follow.
NASA's mission to return samples from Mars and potentially discover the first signs of alien life has a new timeline. The samples may arrive sooner.
A Louisiana patient has died from bird flu. It's the first bird flu death in the US. Public health risk remains low, officials report.
A large metallic ring from space crash-landed in Kenya on New Year's Day. Officials want to determine its origins and hold the owner accountable.
See the US achieve many firsts in space exploration this year from SpaceX's wild rocket catch to Intuitive Machines' historic moon landing.
NASA is about to make history. Its Parker Solar Probe is set to fly closer to the sun than any object in history. The mission is years in the making.
A major earthquake gave California a tsunami scare on Thursday. Aftershocks are ongoing, and they could get big.
Parts of Siberia's landscape is scarred with massive craters that keep turning up. The cause, according to a recent study, could mean more to come.
Brendan Carr, a Republican who Trump first put on the commission in 2017, has emerged in recent years as a vocal defender of Musk and his companies.
Washing produce doesn't always eliminate all of pesticides. This 14-year-old invented a device that can detect certain pesticides on common produce.
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Before-and-after photos show flooded streets, overturned cars, and more destruction as a result of torrential rains and flash floods in Spain.
Dark sky parks in all 50 states are the best places to watch space events and go stargazing. See meteors, comets, eclipses, and more in these spots.
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season isn't over: The NOAA had predicted up to 13 storms before the season's end, and we've had nine so far.
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Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified from a tropical storm with 35 mph to a Category 5 hurricane with 180 mph in two days. See its rapid evolution.
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A math student decided to build a nuclear fusion prototype in his bedroom with no prior electrical experience. It was done in four weeks.
Fresh, nutritious food is hard to come by in space. Interstellar Lab hopes to solve that with its closed-loop farm full of edible insects and plants.
September 17's full moon will be a supermoon and a harvest moon. A partial lunar eclipse will also happen the same night.