Ross Andersen
@rossandersen.bsky.social
Staff Writer at The Atlantic // Working on a book for Random House // Rep’d by Elyse Cheney // [email protected]
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Ross Andersen
@rossandersen.bsky.social
· Mar 25
Beyond thrilled to learn that my essay ‘Do Animals Know That They Will Die’ will be in this year’s Best American Science and Nature Writing.
This was extra meaningful because the piece was chosen by @susanorlean.bsky.social and @jaimealyse.bsky.social, two writers whose work I absolutely adore.
This was extra meaningful because the piece was chosen by @susanorlean.bsky.social and @jaimealyse.bsky.social, two writers whose work I absolutely adore.
January 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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"The U.S. has led an unprecedented age of cosmic discovery. Now Trump is trying to bring that age to an end, and right at the moment when answers to our most profound existential questions finally seem to be within reach." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
An Act of Cosmic Sabotage
How Donald Trump tried to ground NASA’s science missions
www.theatlantic.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:05 AM
"The U.S. has led an unprecedented age of cosmic discovery. Now Trump is trying to bring that age to an end, and right at the moment when answers to our most profound existential questions finally seem to be within reach." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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It made me so sad and angry to see these scientific budget cuts. We're eating our intellectual seed corn. NASA has to operate on timelines longer than a presidential term, this feel unrecoverable.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
An Act of Cosmic Sabotage
How Donald Trump tried to ground NASA’s science missions
www.theatlantic.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:05 PM
It made me so sad and angry to see these scientific budget cuts. We're eating our intellectual seed corn. NASA has to operate on timelines longer than a presidential term, this feel unrecoverable.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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“The U.S. has led an unprecedented age of cosmic discovery. Now Trump is trying to bring that age to an end, and right at the moment when answers to our most profound existential questions finally seem to be within reach,” @rossandersen.bsky.social reports. theatln.tc/LThKw0kY
January 10, 2026 at 8:15 PM
“The U.S. has led an unprecedented age of cosmic discovery. Now Trump is trying to bring that age to an end, and right at the moment when answers to our most profound existential questions finally seem to be within reach,” @rossandersen.bsky.social reports. theatln.tc/LThKw0kY
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Even NASA's potted plants have now withered and disappeared, after money was withdrawn for watering them. This tiny detail, evoking E.T., is one of many to remember from @rossandersen.bsky.social's latest feature... www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Inside Donald Trump’s Attack on NASA’s Science Missions
During his first year back in office, the president tried to bring America’s age of discovery to an end.
www.theatlantic.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Even NASA's potted plants have now withered and disappeared, after money was withdrawn for watering them. This tiny detail, evoking E.T., is one of many to remember from @rossandersen.bsky.social's latest feature... www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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"The teams of scientists and engineers that built America’s great space telescopes were being scattered. Staffers were told not to hold farewell gatherings during work hours, because they had become too numerous" www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... via @theatlantic.com
An Act of Cosmic Sabotage
How Donald Trump tried to ground NASA’s science missions
www.theatlantic.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:42 PM
"The teams of scientists and engineers that built America’s great space telescopes were being scattered. Staffers were told not to hold farewell gatherings during work hours, because they had become too numerous" www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... via @theatlantic.com
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"On Mars, in the belly of a rover named Perseverance, a titanium tube holds a stone more precious than any diamond or ruby on Earth." — @rossandersen.bsky.social for @theatlantic.com
An Act of Cosmic Sabotage
How Donald Trump tried to ground NASA’s science missions
www.theatlantic.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:35 PM
"On Mars, in the belly of a rover named Perseverance, a titanium tube holds a stone more precious than any diamond or ruby on Earth." — @rossandersen.bsky.social for @theatlantic.com
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I’m quoted in this article by @rossandersen.bsky.social about this scary time for NASA science.
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NASA’s science missions have ennobled American culture and advanced American science. Donald Trump has tried to end that era of ambition, Ross Andersen reports:
Inside Donald Trump’s Attack on NASA’s Science Missions
During his first year back in office, the president tried to bring America’s age of discovery to an end.
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January 9, 2026 at 2:35 PM
I’m quoted in this article by @rossandersen.bsky.social about this scary time for NASA science.
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January 9, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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No one writes more beautifully about space than @rossandersen.bsky.social. And this has the benefit of being not just magisterial, but extremely important.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Inside Donald Trump’s Attack on NASA’s Science Missions
During his first year back in office, the president tried to bring America’s age of discovery to an end.
www.theatlantic.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:13 PM
No one writes more beautifully about space than @rossandersen.bsky.social. And this has the benefit of being not just magisterial, but extremely important.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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This is a truly well-written, emotional, evocative, and poignant look at what is truly being lost at NASA as Trump wages war on NASA's mission of discovery.
I wrote about the cosmic grandeur of American space science and this president’s foolish attempts to sabotage it
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Inside Donald Trump’s Attack on NASA’s Science Missions
During his first year back in office, the president tried to bring America’s age of discovery to an end.
www.theatlantic.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 PM
This is a truly well-written, emotional, evocative, and poignant look at what is truly being lost at NASA as Trump wages war on NASA's mission of discovery.
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Pairs well with news of the 1st private space telescope, a return to the era of Licks and Lowells. Turn out we've lived in a brief window where cosmic exploration was driven by the curiosity of citizens in a democracy, not rich eccentrics, insecure sovereigns, industries, or navies. It was awesome.
January 8, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Pairs well with news of the 1st private space telescope, a return to the era of Licks and Lowells. Turn out we've lived in a brief window where cosmic exploration was driven by the curiosity of citizens in a democracy, not rich eccentrics, insecure sovereigns, industries, or navies. It was awesome.
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oh did you want to feel *better* today? (jk ross is a beautiful writer, read this)
I wrote about the cosmic grandeur of American space science and this president’s foolish attempts to sabotage it
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Inside Donald Trump’s Attack on NASA’s Science Missions
During his first year back in office, the president tried to bring America’s age of discovery to an end.
www.theatlantic.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM
oh did you want to feel *better* today? (jk ross is a beautiful writer, read this)
I wrote about the cosmic grandeur of American space science and this president’s foolish attempts to sabotage it
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Inside Donald Trump’s Attack on NASA’s Science Missions
During his first year back in office, the president tried to bring America’s age of discovery to an end.
www.theatlantic.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:56 PM
I wrote about the cosmic grandeur of American space science and this president’s foolish attempts to sabotage it
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Atlantic piece on NASA shows politics can threaten the quest for knowledge. Science is a public good that reveals our shared fate, a compass for just policy. Let curiosity guide policy, not fear (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/02/trump-nasa-budget-american-space-program/685332/).
Inside Donald Trump's Attack on NASA's Science Missions
During his first year back in office, the president tried to bring America’s age of discovery to an end.
www.theatlantic.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:49 PM
The Atlantic piece on NASA shows politics can threaten the quest for knowledge. Science is a public good that reveals our shared fate, a compass for just policy. Let curiosity guide policy, not fear (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/02/trump-nasa-budget-american-space-program/685332/).
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Adam Riess won a Nobel Prize for his work that helped add the final piece to the “standard model of cosmology." Now he says that model might be wrong, @rossandersen.bsky.social reported in May:
Spend time with one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/jit80Jdw
Spend time with one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/jit80Jdw
December 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Adam Riess won a Nobel Prize for his work that helped add the final piece to the “standard model of cosmology." Now he says that model might be wrong, @rossandersen.bsky.social reported in May:
Spend time with one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/jit80Jdw
Spend time with one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/jit80Jdw
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It's pub day for the latest edition of Best American Science and Nature Writing! Honored to have my work featured along so many other writers I admire, incl @rossandersen.bsky.social @rebeccagiggs.bsky.social @bengoldfarb.bsky.social @sarahzhang.bsky.social Emma Marris & more. Congrats to all!
October 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
It's pub day for the latest edition of Best American Science and Nature Writing! Honored to have my work featured along so many other writers I admire, incl @rossandersen.bsky.social @rebeccagiggs.bsky.social @bengoldfarb.bsky.social @sarahzhang.bsky.social Emma Marris & more. Congrats to all!
Can’t think of another artist who so purely transmitted the feeling of longing into music. RIP.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs_2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs_2...
D'Angelo - Untitled (How Does It Feel) (Live @ Zénith Paris) [2012-01-29]
YouTube video by foxysoul94
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October 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Can’t think of another artist who so purely transmitted the feeling of longing into music. RIP.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs_2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs_2...
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Every Sunday I try to catch up on reading long form articles. This one from @rossandersen.bsky.social about animals and mortality has been on my "to read" list for about a year.
Finally read it and I high recommend! 🐘
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
Finally read it and I high recommend! 🐘
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
Do Animals Know That They Will Die?
An existential mystery
www.theatlantic.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Every Sunday I try to catch up on reading long form articles. This one from @rossandersen.bsky.social about animals and mortality has been on my "to read" list for about a year.
Finally read it and I high recommend! 🐘
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
Finally read it and I high recommend! 🐘
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
She snapped
I became a Revolutionary War reenactor for work! I went to Massachusetts and I couldn’t wear makeup!!! 😭 War is HELL
I Fought the Battle of Bunker Hill
What it takes to be a Revolutionary War reenactor
www.theatlantic.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
She snapped
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Through deep time and space, the possibilities of life are endless. Writer, Ross Andersen (@rossandersen.bsky.social) challenges the past as we look to the future.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
"A Cosmic Voyage Through Deep Time" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to Futurology podcast 🎧
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
"A Cosmic Voyage Through Deep Time" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to Futurology podcast 🎧
October 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Through deep time and space, the possibilities of life are endless. Writer, Ross Andersen (@rossandersen.bsky.social) challenges the past as we look to the future.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
"A Cosmic Voyage Through Deep Time" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to Futurology podcast 🎧
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
"A Cosmic Voyage Through Deep Time" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to Futurology podcast 🎧
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Atlantic Writer Ross Andersen (@rossandersen.bsky.social) asks the questions shaping the future.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
In this episode, Andersen speaks with Futurology Producer Grant Slater (@grantslater.bsky.social) about time defining the evolution of intelligent life.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
In this episode, Andersen speaks with Futurology Producer Grant Slater (@grantslater.bsky.social) about time defining the evolution of intelligent life.
September 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Atlantic Writer Ross Andersen (@rossandersen.bsky.social) asks the questions shaping the future.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
In this episode, Andersen speaks with Futurology Producer Grant Slater (@grantslater.bsky.social) about time defining the evolution of intelligent life.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
In this episode, Andersen speaks with Futurology Producer Grant Slater (@grantslater.bsky.social) about time defining the evolution of intelligent life.
An unusually vivid look at the state of the art in drone warfare in Ukraine
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Ukraine’s Most Lethal Soldiers
From the front lines in Kherson, with a unit that kills Russians for points
www.theatlantic.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
An unusually vivid look at the state of the art in drone warfare in Ukraine
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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"We can’t say what dogs’ preferences might be under different circumstances. But we do know that they have not chosen all of the intimacies that we impose upon them." go read @rossandersen.bsky.social's latest
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Are Humans Watching Animals Too Closely?
Some may crave a little privacy, even your dog.
www.theatlantic.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"We can’t say what dogs’ preferences might be under different circumstances. But we do know that they have not chosen all of the intimacies that we impose upon them." go read @rossandersen.bsky.social's latest
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...