Brooklyn Academy of Music - Shakespeare and the Cosmos
In conjunction with BAM's King and Country, I led a stargazing session as part of Columbia Astronomy Public Outreach and spoke on Shakespeare's love of celestial references.
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.
SpaceX landing, an amazing feat of rocketry
SpaceX had their first successful landing on their drone ship and it was AMAZING.
Astronaut’s Pics Of Sunrises Give Us All The Feels
My first piece for Now.Space about how time seems to pass differently on the International Space Station.
Week in Geek - Evolution of Saturn
Weekly post for The Rachel Maddow Show featuring new research showing Saturn's rings may have been forming while dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
Astronomy on Tap - Austin, TX
I gave a talk at Astronomy on Tap in Austin, TX on Star Wars planets.
Week in Geek - Microrobots
Weekly post for The Rachel Maddow show featuring microrobots inspired by ants.
SXSW Interactive - #DistractinglySexy
I participated in a panel at SXSW on fighting sexism in science online.
Week in Geek - Martian Decade
Weekly post for The Rachel Maddow Show featuring the 10th anniversary of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Week in Geek - A galaxy far, far away
Weekly post for The Rachel Maddow Show featuring the most distant galaxy detected to date.
Slow Factory - A Universe of Love
I wrote a guest blog for Slow Factory on my favorite celestial symbols of love.
Week in Geek - Year in space
Weekly post for The Rachel Maddow Show featuring astronaut Scott Kelly's historic "year in space."
Week in Geek - Walking stick
My weekly post for The Rachel Maddow Show featuring biomedical robot research based on stick insects.
Week in Geek - Ripples in spacetime
My weekly post for The RAchel Maddow Show featuring the first detection of gravitational waves.
NBC News - What are gravitational waves?
I explain gravitational waves for the NBC News video series: 30 Seconds to Know.
Week in Geek - Mirror, mirror
Weekly post for The Rachel Maddow Show featuring the assembly of the primary mirror for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
Astronomy on Tap - Cosmos
I was the special guest for Astronomy on Tap's spinoff event series: Cosmos on Tap.