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NBC Mach - Alien Megastructures
New video venture for NBC Mach called "Space. Is. Awesome." In this episode: Tabby's star and alien megastructures.
StarTalk Radio - Women in Science
Myself and Emily Rice host Star Talk Radio with comedian Chuck Nice and discuss our version of #WCW, "Women Crushing It Wednesday".
Week in Geek - Stellar neighbors
Weekly post for The Rachel Maddow show featuring the Breakthrough Listen initiative.
Week in Geek - Crowded House
Weekly post for The Rachel Maddow Show featuring a new estimate for the number of galaxies in the Universe - up to two trillion!
Week in Geek - Hubble redux
Weekly post for The Rachel Maddow Show featuring new data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) survey of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field.
Week in Geek - Map of the stars
Weekly post for The Rachel Maddow show featuring the first data release of the Gaia satellite working to map a billion stars in our galaxy.
StarTalk All-Stars Panel at Star Trek Mission New York
I participated in a StarTalk All-Stars panel on "The Science of Star Trek."
Moment of Geek - Perseid Meteor Shower
A brief explanation of the Perseids and how to best view them.
Week in Geek – Science like a BOSS
Weekly post for The Rachel Maddow Show featuring new results from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS), a project within the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
Now.Space - A Jupiter Retrospective
Article for Now.Space on all the previous spacecraft to visit Jupiter in advance of the arrival of NASA's Juno spacecraft on Monday, July 4, 2016.
Smithsonian.com – Interview with Guy Consolmagno
Guy Consolmangno, the Vatican’s Chief Astronomer, on balancing the church with the cosmos.
Week in Geek – Planet fly-by
Weekly post for The Rachel Maddow Show featuring the current closest approach between Earth and Mars.
Pint of Science Festival - Astronomy on Tap
I gave a talk as part of the Pint of Science 2016 Festival on May 25, 2016 at DROM. The theme for the night was "Drink in the Universe" as the event was a collaboration with Astronomy on Tap.
Week in Geek – GIFs in spaaaace
Weekly post for The Rachel Maddow Show featuring a NSAS GIF showing the evolution of Tycho's supernova remnant over the past fifteen years.
Now.Space - There Are Big Things Hiding In The Big Dipper
My article for Now.Space on our growing knowledge of some peculiar stars in the Big Dipper.
Smithsonian.com - Interview with David Eagleman
Neuroscientist David Eagleman on what is possible in the cosmos.
Week in Geek - Hiding in the light
Weekly post for The Rachel Maddow Show featuring a previously unknown dwarf galaxy filled with dark matter hidding in gravitational lens SDP.81.
The Easy Way to Let Extraterrestrials Know We Exist
Article for The Atlantic on how technically capable civilization could alter their transit signal as seen from another planet.
Week in Geek - Explosions in the Sky
My weekly post for The Rachel Maddow Show featuring evidence for nearby supernovae found on the ocean floor.