 He was the originator and one of the lead editors for the single-topic issue "A Matter of Time," "Scientific American" (Sept. 2002), which won a National Magazine Award for editorial excellence, and he coordinated the single topic issue "Crossroads for Planet Earth," "Scientific American" (Sept. 2005), which won a Global Media Award from the Population Institute and was a National Magazine Award finalist.In 2010, Musser won the Jonathan Eberhart Planetary Sciences Journalism Award from the Division for Planetary Sciences for his science writing on planetary sciences.In 2011, Musser won the Science Writing Award from the American Institute of Physics for his article "Could Time End?"