Leah Crane is a features editor at New Scientist. She covers a diverse range of topics including private space flight, cosmology, and quantum mechanics, with a strong focus on aviation and aerospace, as well as natural sciences. Leah's work has been featured in Knowledia, WISH-TV News, New Scientist, and Space Today.
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Leah's coverage is heavily focused on scientific themes, particularly space exploration and planetary science. Her articles often include data citations, investment analysis, and expert commentary, suggesting a preference for pitches that offer in-depth scientific insights supported by credible sources or data.
Given the technical nature of her coverage, Leah would likely be most responsive to experts who can provide detailed explanations of complex astronomical phenomena or discuss the practical implications of space missions and discoveries.
As she does not have a specific geographic focus but instead covers international space-related developments, pitches should emphasize global relevance rather than local angles.
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The US Department of Defense has released hundreds of documents and photographs related to UFOs, some of which have been declassified, in the first of many drops to come
Minuscule silicon wafers propelled by lasers could be used to steer light sails, helping them travel beyond the solar system By Leah Crane
Inside some very special black holes, there may be a boundary called a Cauchy horizon. Columnist Leah Crane explores the place beyond which physics breaks and anything is possible
A decade ago, we discovered an exceptionally exciting exoplanet that could be the best candidate for hosting alien life. Now we’re about to find out if it really is
Despite being the closest planet to the sun, Mercury has thick deposits of ice at its poles, and now we may understand the events that formed them over just one Mercurian day
There is currently no good way for astronauts in space to do laundry, but researchers may have finally come up with one: a bright purple jet of microbe-killing plasma
Galaxies and their supermassive black holes evolve together, but which came first is an ongoing question. Now we may finally have an answer, says columnist Leah Crane
As the sun expands over the coming billions of years, Earth will become inhospitable to any life more complex than a microbe – but that might take longer than we thought
Beautifully written, this guide to distinguishing between truth, misinformation and lies, first published in 1995, remains an essential read for anyone who considers themselves a critical thinker, says Leah Crane
Something is absorbing light on the surfaces of Pluto and Saturn’s moon Titan, and figuring out what it is could be crucial to understanding Titan’s complex chemistry
