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Leah Crane
Physics and space reporter
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Leah Crane is a Senior Reporter at Â鶹´«Ã½, covering topics ranging from private space flight and cosmology to quantum mechanics. She is based in Chicago. Before joining Â鶹´«Ã½ in 2016, her work was published at SpaceNews, Eos, Smithsonian and Symmetry Magazine. She writes Â鶹´«Ã½'s space newsletter, Launchpad.
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